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NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)					      General Commands Manual						 NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)

NAME

       notmuch-search - Search for messages matching the given search terms.

SYNOPSIS

       notmuch search [options...] <search-term>...

DESCRIPTION

       Search for messages matching the given search terms, and display as results the threads containing the matched messages.

       The  output  consists  of one line per thread, giving a thread ID, the date of the newest (or oldest, depending on the sort option) matched
       message in the thread, the number of matched messages and total messages in the thread, the names of all participants in  the  thread,  and
       the subject of the newest (or oldest) message.

       See notmuch-search-terms(7) for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.

       Supported options for search include

	   --format=(json|text)

	       Presents the results in either JSON or plain-text (default).

	   --output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags)

	       summary

		   Output  a summary of each thread with any message matching the search terms. The summary includes the thread ID, date, the num-
		   ber of messages in the thread (both the number matched and the total number), the authors of the thread and the subject.

	       threads

		   Output the thread IDs of all threads with any message matching the search terms, either one per line (--format=text)  or  as  a
		   JSON array (--format=json).

	       messages

		   Output  the	message  IDs  of  all  messages  matching the search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array
		   (--format=json).

	       files

		   Output the filenames of all messages matching the search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array  (--for-
		   mat=json).

	       tags

		   Output  all	tags  that appear on any message matching the search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array
		   (--format=json).

	   --sort=(newest-first|oldest-first)

	       This option can be used to present results in either chronological  order  (oldest-first)  or  reverse  chronological  order  (new-
	       est-first).

	       Note:  The thread order will be distinct between these two options (beyond being simply reversed). When sorting by oldest-first the
	       threads will be sorted by the oldest message in each thread, but when sorting by newest-first the threads will  be  sorted  by  the
	       newest message in each thread.

	       By default, results will be displayed in reverse chronological order, (that is, the newest results will be displayed first).

	   --offset=[-]N

	       Skip displaying the first N results. With the leading '-', start at the Nth result from the end.

	   --limit=N

	       Limit the number of displayed results to N.

	   --exclude=(true|false|flag)

	       Specify	whether  to  omit messages matching search.tag_exclude from the search results (the default) or not. The extra option flag
	       only has an effect when --output=summary In this case all matching threads are returned but the "match  count"  is  the	number	of
	       matching non-excluded messages in the thread.

SEE ALSO

       notmuch(1),  notmuch-config(1),	notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1),
       notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)

Notmuch 0.13.2							    2012-06-01							 NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)

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NOTMUCH-REPLY(1)					      General Commands Manual						  NOTMUCH-REPLY(1)

NAME

       notmuch-reply - Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.

SYNOPSIS

       notmuch reply [options...] <search-term>...

DESCRIPTION

       Constructs a reply template for a set of messages.

       To  make  replying  to email easier, notmuch reply takes an existing set of messages and constructs a suitable mail template. The Reply-to:
       header (if any, otherwise From:) is used for the To: address. Unless --reply-to=sender is specified, values from the To:  and  Cc:  headers
       are  copied, but not including any of the current user's email addresses (as configured in primary_mail or other_email in the .notmuch-con-
       fig file) in the recipient list.

       It also builds a suitable new subject, including Re: at the front (if not already present), and adding the  message  IDs  of  the  messages
       being replied to to the References list and setting the In-Reply-To: field correctly.

       Finally, the original contents of the emails are quoted by prefixing each line with '> ' and included in the body.

       The resulting message template is output to stdout.

       Supported options for reply include

	      --format=(default|json|headers-only)

		  default
		      Includes subject and quoted message body.

		  json
		      Produces	JSON  output  containing  headers for a reply message and the contents of the original message. This output can be
		      used by a client to create a reply message intelligently.

		  headers-only
		      Only produces In-Reply-To, References, To, Cc, and Bcc headers.

	      --reply-to=(all|sender)

		  all (default)
		      Replies to all addresses.

		  sender
		      Replies only to the sender. If replying to user's own message (Reply-to: or From: header is one  of  the	user's	configured
		      email addresses), try To:, Cc:, and Bcc: headers in this order, and copy values from the first that contains something other
		      than only the user's addresses.

	      --decrypt

		  Decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected content (ie. "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the decryption  will
		  be  reported	(currently  only  supported with --format=json) and the multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted
		  content.

       See notmuch-search-terms(7) for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.

       Note: It is most common to use notmuch reply with a search string matching a single message, (such as id:<message-id>), but it can be  use-
       ful  to reply to several messages at once. For example, when a series of patches are sent in a single thread, replying to the entire thread
       allows for the reply to comment on issues found in multiple patches. The default format supports replying to multiple messages at once, but
       the JSON format does not.

SEE ALSO

       notmuch(1),  notmuch-config(1), notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-restore(1), notmuch-search(1),
       notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)

Notmuch 0.13.2							    2012-06-01							  NOTMUCH-REPLY(1)
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