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authorGravatar Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>2011-11-15 22:08:51 +0200
committerGravatar David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>2011-11-15 19:20:27 -0400
commit386ad3d6a1a4aff086a87c04c225aba4fa85fb4c (patch)
tree6d58875aa6d92a7a45d0eac278834ce822c98df4 /notmuch.1
parente7328d7b006cc54d2cff249a601b114ee341b1db (diff)
cli: add support for --output parameter in notmuch count
Add support for --output=messages (which remains the default) and --output=threads to notmuch count. Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>
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@@ -372,14 +372,35 @@ section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
.RE
.RS 4
.TP 4
-.BR count " <search-term>..."
+.BR count " [options...] <search-term>..."
Count messages matching the search terms.
-The number of matching messages is output to stdout.
+The number of matching messages (or threads) is output to stdout.
-With no search terms, a count of all messages in the database will be
-displayed.
+With no search terms, a count of all messages (or threads) in the database will
+be displayed.
+
+Supported options for
+.B count
+include
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B \-\-output=(messages|threads)
+
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B messages
+
+Output the number of matching messages. This is the default.
+.RE
+.RS 4
+.TP 4
+.B threads
+
+Output the number of matching threads.
+.RE
+.RE
.RE
.RE