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.TH NOTMUCH-COUNT 1 2012-06-01 "Notmuch 0.13.2"
.SH NAME
notmuch-count \- count messages matching the given search terms
.SH SYNOPSIS

.B notmuch count
.RI  [ options "... ] <" search-term ">..."

.SH 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 database will
be displayed.

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

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

.RS 4
.TP 4
.BR \-\-exclude=(true|false)

Specify whether to omit messages matching search.tag_exclude from the
count (the default) or not.
.RE
.RE
.RE

.SH SEE ALSO

\fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-dump\fR(1),
\fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-new\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1),
\fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-search\fR(1),
\fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7), \fBnotmuch-show\fR(1),
\fBnotmuch-tag\fR(1)