3 lei-q - search for messages matching terms
7 lei q [OPTIONS] TERM [TERM...]
9 lei q [OPTIONS] (--stdin|-)
13 Search for messages across the lei/store and externals.
16 TODO: Give common prefixes, or at least a description/reference.
21 TODO: mention curl options?
27 Read search terms from stdin.
31 Do not save the search for L<lei-up(1)>.
33 =item --output=MFOLDER
37 =item --mfolder=MFOLDER
39 Warning: this clobbers and overwrites the output destination unless
40 L</--augment> is specified.
42 Destination for results (e.g., C</tmp/results-Maildir>,
43 C<imaps://user@mail.example.com/INBOX.test>, or
44 C<mboxcl2:/tmp/results-mboxcl2>). The prefix may be a supported protocol:
45 C<imap://> or C<imaps://>. URLs requiring
46 authentication use L<git-credential(1)> to
47 fill in the username and password.
49 A prefix can specify the format of the output: C<maildir>,
50 C<mboxrd>, C<mboxcl2>, C<mboxcl>, C<mboxo>. For a description of
51 mail formats, see L<lei-mail-formats(5)>.
53 C<maildir> is the default for an existing directory or non-existing path.
55 Default: C<-> (stdout)
61 Format of results to stdout. This option exists as a convenient
62 way to specify the format for the default stdout destination.
63 C<reply>, C<text>, C<json>, C<jsonl>, or C<concatjson> are all supported,
64 as are the various mbox variants described in L</--output>.
66 When a format isn't specified, it's chosen based on the
67 L</--output> destination or prefix. C<json> is used for the
68 default destination (stdout).
70 Using a C<format:> prefix with the C<--output> destination is
71 preferred when not writing to stdout.
75 Disable color (for C<-f reply> and C<-f text>).
79 Pretty print C<json> or C<concatjson> output. If stdout is opened to
80 a tty and used as the C<--output> destination, C<--pretty> is enabled
85 A command to run on C<--output> Maildir or mbox (e.g., C<mutt -f %f>).
86 For a subset of MUAs known to accept a mailbox via C<-f>, COMMAND can
87 be abbreviated to the name of the program: C<mutt>, C<mailx>, C<mail>,
90 =item --alert=COMMAND[,COMMAND...]
92 Run C<COMMAND> after writing to output. C<:WINCH> indicates to send
93 C<SIGWINCH> to the C<--mua> process. C<:bell> indicates to print a
94 bell code. Any other value is interpreted as a command to execute as
97 This option may be given multiple times.
99 Default: C<:WINCH,:bell> when C<--mua> is specified and C<--output>
100 doesn't point to stdout, nothing otherwise.
106 Augment output destination instead of clobbering it.
108 =item --no-import-before
110 Do not import keywords before writing to an existing output
117 Return all messages in the same thread as the actual match(es).
119 Using this twice (C<-tt>) sets the C<flagged> (AKA "important")
120 on messages which were actual matches. This is useful to distinguish
121 messages which were direct hits from messages which were merely part
124 TODO: Warning: this flag may become persistent and saved in
125 lei/store unless an MUA unflags it! (Behavior undecided)
127 =item --jobs=QUERY_WORKERS[,WRITE_WORKERS]
128 =item --jobs=,WRITE_WORKERS
130 =item -j QUERY_WORKERS[,WRITE_WORKERS]
131 =item -j ,WRITE_WORKERS
133 Set the number of query and write worker processes for parallelism.
135 C<QUERY_WORKERS> defaults to the number of CPUs available, but 4 per
136 remote (HTTP/HTTPS) host.
138 C<WRITE_WORKERS> defaults to 75% of the number of CPUs available for
139 Maildir and mbox* destinations, but 4 per IMAP/IMAPS host.
141 Omitting C<QUERY_WORKERS> but leaving the comma (C<,>) allows
142 one to only set C<WRITE_WORKERS>
144 =item --dedupe=STRATEGY
148 Strategy for deduplicating messages: C<content>, C<oid>, C<mid>, or
154 TODO: Provide description of strategies?
158 Whether to include results requiring network access. When local
159 externals are configured, C<--remote> must be explicitly passed to
160 enable reporting of results from remote externals.
164 Limit operations to those requiring network access.
168 Don't include results from externals.
170 =item --include=LOCATION
174 Include specified external in search. This option may be given
177 =item --exclude=LOCATION
179 Exclude specified external from search. This option may be given
182 =item --only=LOCATION
186 Use only the specified external for search. This option may be given
187 multiple times, in which case the search uses only the specified set.
193 Do not match locations using C<*?> wildcards and C<[]> ranges. This
194 option applies to C<--include>, C<--exclude>, and C<--only>.
196 =item --no-import-remote
198 Disable the default behavior of memoizing remote messages into the
203 L<mbox(5)> locking method(s) to use: C<dotlock>, C<fcntl>, C<flock> or
206 Default: fcntl,dotlock
214 Fuzzy limit the number of matches per-local external and lei/store.
215 Messages added by the L<--threads> switch do not count towards this
216 limit, and there is no limit on remote externals.
220 =item --offset=NUMBER
222 Shift start of search results.
230 Reverse the results. Note that this applies before C<--limit>.
236 Order the results by KEY. Valid keys are C<received>, C<relevance>,
245 Provide more feedback on stderr.
251 Suppress feedback messages.
253 =item --torsocks=auto|no|yes
257 Whether to wrap L<git(1)> and L<curl(1)> commands with L<torsocks(1)>.
261 =item --proxy=PROTOCOL://HOST[:PORT]
267 C<lei q> supports the same search prefixes used by HTTP(S) public-inbox
271 AUTO-GENERATED-SEARCH-TERMS-BEGIN
273 s: match within Subject e.g. s:"a quick brown fox"
274 d: match date-time range, git "approxidate" formats supported
275 Open-ended ranges such as `d:last.week..' and
276 `d:..2.days.ago' are supported
277 b: match within message body, including text attachments
278 nq: match non-quoted text within message body
279 q: match quoted text within message body
280 n: match filename of attachment(s)
281 t: match within the To header
282 c: match within the Cc header
283 f: match within the From header
284 a: match within the To, Cc, and From headers
285 tc: match within the To and Cc headers
286 l: match contents of the List-Id header
287 bs: match within the Subject and body
288 dfn: match filename from diff
289 dfa: match diff removed (-) lines
290 dfb: match diff added (+) lines
291 dfhh: match diff hunk header context (usually a function name)
292 dfctx: match diff context lines
293 dfpre: match pre-image git blob ID
294 dfpost: match post-image git blob ID
295 dfblob: match either pre or post-image git blob ID
296 patchid: match `git patch-id --stable' output
297 rt: match received time, like `d:' if sender's clock was correct
300 AUTO-GENERATED-SEARCH-TERMS-END
302 Additional search prefixes which only affect the local lei/store:
304 L: match the given label
305 kw: match the given keywords
307 See L<lei-tag(1)> for more info on labels and keywords.
309 Most prefixes are probabilistic, meaning they support stemming
310 and wildcards (C<*>). Ranges (such as C<d:>) and boolean prefixes
311 do not support stemming or wildcards.
312 The upstream Xapian query parser documentation fully explains
313 the query syntax: L<https://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html>
317 C<-f reply> is intended to aid in turning a cover letter
318 into a reply (since using C<git format-patch --in-reply-to=...>
319 is tedious). Results (including "From " lines) should be edited
320 and trimmed in your favorite C<$EDITOR> before sending.
324 Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
326 The mail archives are hosted at L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/> and
327 L<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
331 Copyright all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
333 License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
337 L<lei-add-external(1)>, L<lei-lcat(1)>, L<lei-up(1)>,
338 L<Xapian::QueryParser Syntax|https://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html>