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.TH NOTMUCH-SHOW 1 2012-08-20 "Notmuch 0.14"
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.SH NAME
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notmuch-show \- show messages matching the given search terms
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B notmuch show
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.RI "[" options "...] <" search-term ">..."
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Shows all messages matching the search terms.
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See \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7)
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for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.
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The messages will be grouped and sorted based on the threading (all
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replies to a particular message will appear immediately after that
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message in date order). The output is not indented by default, but
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depth tags are printed so that proper indentation can be performed by
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a post-processor (such as the emacs interface to notmuch).
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Supported options for
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.B show
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include
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B \-\-entire\-thread=(true|false)
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If true,
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.B notmuch show
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outputs all messages in the thread of any message matching the search
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terms; if false, it outputs only the matching messages. For
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.B --format=json
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and
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.B --format=sexp
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this defaults to true. For other formats, this defaults to false.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B \-\-format=(text|json|sexp|mbox|raw)
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.BR text " (default for messages)"
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The default plain-text format has all text-content MIME parts
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decoded. Various components in the output,
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.RB ( message ", " header ", " body ", " attachment ", and MIME " part ),
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will be delimited by easily-parsed markers. Each marker consists of a
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Control-L character (ASCII decimal 12), the name of the marker, and
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then either an opening or closing brace, ('{' or '}'), to either open
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or close the component. For a multipart MIME message, these parts will
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be nested.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B json
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The output is formatted with Javascript Object Notation (JSON). This
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format is more robust than the text format for automated
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processing. The nested structure of multipart MIME messages is
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reflected in nested JSON output. By default JSON output includes all
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messages in a matching thread; that is, by default,
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.B \-\-format=json
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sets
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.B "\-\-entire\-thread"
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The caller can disable this behaviour by setting
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.B \-\-entire\-thread=false
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B sexp
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The output is formatted as an S-Expression (sexp). This
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format is more robust than the text format for automated
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processing. The nested structure of multipart MIME messages is
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reflected in nested S-Expression output. By default,
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S-Expression output includes all messages in a matching thread;
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that is, by default,
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.B \-\-format=sexp
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sets
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.B "\-\-entire\-thread"
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The caller can disable this behaviour by setting
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.B \-\-entire\-thread=false
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B mbox
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All matching messages are output in the traditional, Unix mbox format
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with each message being prefixed by a line beginning with "From " and
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a blank line separating each message. Lines in the message content
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beginning with "From " (preceded by zero or more '>' characters) have
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an additional '>' character added. This reversible escaping
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is termed "mboxrd" format and described in detail here:
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.nf
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.nh
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html
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.hy
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.fi
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.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.BR raw " (default for a single part, see \-\-part)"
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For a message or an attached message part, the original, raw content
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of the email message is output. Consumers of this format should expect
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to implement MIME decoding and similar functions.
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For a single part (\-\-part) the raw part content is output after
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performing any necessary MIME decoding. Note that messages with a
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simple body still have two parts: part 0 is the whole message and part
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1 is the body.
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For a multipart part, the part headers and body (including all child
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parts) is output.
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The raw format must only be used with search terms matching single
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message.
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.RE
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.BR \-\-format-version=N
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Use the specified structured output format version. This is intended
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for programs that invoke \fBnotmuch\fR(1) internally. If omitted, the
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latest supported version will be used.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B \-\-part=N
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Output the single decoded MIME part N of a single message. The search
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terms must match only a single message. Message parts are numbered in
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a depth-first walk of the message MIME structure, and are identified
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in the 'json', 'sexp' or 'text' output formats.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B \-\-verify
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Compute and report the validity of any MIME cryptographic signatures
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found in the selected content (ie. "multipart/signed" parts). Status
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of the signature will be reported (currently only supported with
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--format=json and --format=sexp), and the multipart/signed part
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will be replaced by the signed data.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B \-\-decrypt
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Decrypt any MIME encrypted parts found in the selected content
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(ie. "multipart/encrypted" parts). Status of the decryption will be
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reported (currently only supported with --format=json and
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--format=sexp) and the multipart/encrypted part will be replaced
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by the decrypted content. Implies --verify.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.BR \-\-exclude=(true|false)
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Specify whether to omit threads only matching search.tag_exclude from
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the search results (the default) or not. In either case the excluded
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message will be marked with the exclude flag (except when output=mbox
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when there is nowhere to put the flag).
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If --entire-thread is specified then complete threads are returned
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regardless (with the excluded flag being set when appropriate) but
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threads that only match in an excluded message are not returned when
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.B --exclude=true.
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The default is
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.B --exclude=true.
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.RE
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.RS 4
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.TP 4
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.B \-\-body=(true|false)
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If true (the default)
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.B notmuch show
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includes the bodies of the messages in the output; if false,
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bodies are omitted.
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.B --body=false
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is only implemented for the json and sexp formats and it is incompatible with
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.B --part > 0.
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This is useful if the caller only needs the headers as body-less
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output is much faster and substantially smaller.
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.RE
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A common use of
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.B notmuch show
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is to display a single thread of email messages. For this, use a
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search term of "thread:<thread-id>" as can be seen in the first
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column of output from the
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.B notmuch search
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command.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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This command supports the following special exit status codes
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.TP
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.B 20
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The requested format version is too old.
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.TP
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.B 21
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The requested format version is too new.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBnotmuch\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-config\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-count\fR(1),
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\fBnotmuch-dump\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-hooks\fR(5), \fBnotmuch-new\fR(1),
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\fBnotmuch-reply\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-restore\fR(1),
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\fBnotmuch-search\fR(1), \fBnotmuch-search-terms\fR(7),
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\fBnotmuch-tag\fR(1)
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