[notmuch] [PATCH] Add count command to manual page
Sandra Snan
sandra.snan at handgranat.org
Thu Mar 18 13:43:57 PDT 2010
Just found out that I’ve been piping things through wc for no reason.
Heh. Here’s a quick patch, if you want to add this to the manual page.
Signed-off-by: Sandra Snan <sandra.snan at handgranat.org>
---
notmuch.1 | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/notmuch.1 b/notmuch.1
index e573749..4d300c0 100644
--- a/notmuch.1
+++ b/notmuch.1
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ syntax. See the
section below for more details on the supported syntax.
The
-.BR search " and "show
+.BR "search" ", " "show" " and " "count"
commands are used to query the email database.
.RS 4
.TP 4
@@ -239,6 +239,22 @@ See the
.B "SEARCH SYNTAX"
section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
.RE
+.TP
+.BR count " <search-term>..."
+
+Count messages matching the search terms.
+
+The number of matching messages is output to stdout.
+
+A common use of
+.B notmuch count
+is to display the count of messages matching both a specific tag and
+either inbox or unread
+
+See the
+.B "SEARCH SYNTAX"
+section below for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
+.RE
.RE
The
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1.7.0
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