NOTMUCH-COUNT(1) notmuch NOTMUCH-COUNT(1)NAMEnotmuch-count - count messages matching the given search terms
SYNOPSIS
notmuch count [option ...] <search-term> ...
DESCRIPTION
Count messages matching the search terms.
The number of matching messages (or threads) is output to stdout.
With no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in the data‐
base will be displayed.
See notmuch-search-terms(7) for details of the supported syntax for
<search-terms>.
Supported options for count include
--output=(messages|threads|files)
messages
Output the number of matching messages. This is the
default.
threads
Output the number of matching threads.
files Output the number of files associated with matching mes‐
sages. This may be bigger than the number of matching
messages due to duplicates (i.e. multiple files having
the same message-id).
--exclude=(true|false)
Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude
from the count (the default) or not.
--batch
Read queries from a file (stdin by default), one per line,
and output the number of matching messages (or threads) to
stdout, one per line. On an empty input line the count of all
messages (or threads) in the database will be output. This
option is not compatible with specifying search terms on the
command line.
--input=<filename>
Read input from given file, instead of from stdin. Implies
--batch.
SEE ALSOnotmuch(1), notmuch-config(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), not‐
much-insert(1), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1),
notmuch-search(1), notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), not‐
much-tag(1)AUTHOR
Carl Worth and many others
COPYRIGHT
2014, Carl Worth and many others
0.20.2 February 18, 2016 NOTMUCH-COUNT(1)
