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`notmuch' `count' [`option' ...] <`search-term'> ...


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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
database 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 messages.
          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.exclude_tags 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.

`--lastmod'
     Append lastmod (counter for number of database updates) and UUID
     to the output. lastmod values are only comparable between
     databases with the same UUID.

`--input='<filename>
     Read input from given file, instead of from stdin. Implies
     `--batch'.


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3 SEE ALSO
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`notmuch(1)', `notmuch-config(1)', `notmuch-dump(1)',
`notmuch-hooks(5)', `notmuch-insert(1)', `notmuch-new(1)',
`notmuch-reply(1)', `notmuch-restore(1)', `notmuch-search(1)',
`notmuch-search-terms(7)', `notmuch-show(1)', `notmuch-tag(1)'



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