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notmuch-show
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SYNOPSIS
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**notmuch** **show** [*option* ...] <*search-term*> ...
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DESCRIPTION
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Shows all messages matching the search terms.
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See **notmuch-search-terms(7)** for details of the supported syntax for
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<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 depth
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tags are printed so that proper indentation can be performed by a
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post-processor (such as the emacs interface to notmuch).
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Supported options for **show** include
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``--entire-thread=(true|false)``
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If true, **notmuch show** outputs all messages in the thread of
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any message matching the search terms; if false, it outputs only
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the matching messages. For ``--format=json`` and
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``--format=sexp`` this defaults to true. For other formats, this
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defaults to false.
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``--format=(text|json|sexp|mbox|raw)``
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**text** (default for messages)
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The default plain-text format has all text-content MIME
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parts decoded. Various components in the output,
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(**message**, **header**, **body**, **attachment**, and MIME
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**part**), will be delimited by easily-parsed markers. Each
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marker consists of a Control-L character (ASCII decimal 12),
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the name of the marker, and then either an opening or
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closing brace, ('{' or '}'), to either open or close the
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component. For a multipart MIME message, these parts will be
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nested.
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**json**
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The output is formatted with Javascript Object Notation
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(JSON). This format is more robust than the text format for
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automated processing. The nested structure of multipart MIME
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messages is reflected in nested JSON output. By default JSON
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output includes all messages in a matching thread; that is,
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by default,
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``--format=json`` sets ``--entire-thread``. The caller can
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disable this behaviour by setting ``--entire-thread=false``.
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The JSON output is always encoded as UTF-8 and any message
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content included in the output will be charset-converted to
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UTF-8.
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**sexp**
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The output is formatted as the Lisp s-expression (sexp)
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equivalent of the JSON format above. Objects are formatted
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as property lists whose keys are keywords (symbols preceded
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by a colon). True is formatted as ``t`` and both false and
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null are formatted as ``nil``. As for JSON, the s-expression
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output is always encoded as UTF-8.
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**mbox**
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All matching messages are output in the traditional, Unix
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mbox format with each message being prefixed by a line
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beginning with "From " and a blank line separating each
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message. Lines in the message content beginning with "From "
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(preceded by zero or more '>' characters) have an additional
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'>' character added. This reversible escaping is termed
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"mboxrd" format and described in detail here:
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html
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**raw** (default if --part is given)
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Write the raw bytes of the given MIME part of a message to
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standard out. For this format, it is an error to specify a
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query that matches more than one message.
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If the specified part is a leaf part, this outputs the
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body of the part after performing content transfer
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decoding (but no charset conversion). This is suitable for
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saving attachments, for example.
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For a multipart or message part, the output includes the
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part headers as well as the body (including all child
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parts). No decoding is performed because multipart and
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message parts cannot have non-trivial content transfer
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encoding. Consumers of this may need to implement MIME
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decoding and similar functions.
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``--format-version=N``
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Use the specified structured output format version. This is
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intended for programs that invoke **notmuch(1)** internally. If
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omitted, the latest supported version will be used.
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``--part=N``
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Output the single decoded MIME part N of a single message. The
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search terms must match only a single message. Message parts are
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numbered in a depth-first walk of the message MIME structure,
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and are identified in the 'json', 'sexp' or 'text' output
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formats.
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Note that even a message with no MIME structure or a single
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body part still has two MIME parts: part 0 is the whole
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message (headers and body) and part 1 is just the body.
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``--verify``
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Compute and report the validity of any MIME cryptographic
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signatures found in the selected content (ie. "multipart/signed"
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parts). Status of the signature will be reported (currently only
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supported with --format=json and --format=sexp), and the
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multipart/signed part will be replaced by the signed data.
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``--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
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be reported (currently only supported with --format=json and
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--format=sexp) and on successful decryption the
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multipart/encrypted part will be replaced by the decrypted
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content.
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Decryption expects a functioning **gpg-agent(1)** to provide any
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needed credentials. Without one, the decryption will fail.
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Implies --verify.
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``--exclude=(true|false)``
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Specify whether to omit threads only matching
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search.tag\_exclude from the search results (the default) or
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not. In either case the excluded message will be marked with the
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exclude flag (except when output=mbox when there is nowhere to
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put the flag).
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If --entire-thread is specified then complete threads are
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returned regardless (with the excluded flag being set when
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appropriate) but threads that only match in an excluded message
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are not returned when ``--exclude=true.``
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The default is ``--exclude=true.``
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``--body=(true|false)``
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If true (the default) **notmuch show** includes the bodies of
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the messages in the output; if false, bodies are omitted.
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``--body=false`` is only implemented for the json and sexp
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formats and it is incompatible with ``--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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``--include-html``
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Include "text/html" parts as part of the output (currently only
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supported with --format=json and --format=sexp). By default,
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unless ``--part=N`` is used to select a specific part or
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``--include-html`` is used to include all "text/html" parts, no
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part with content type "text/html" is included in the output.
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A common use of **notmuch show** is to display a single thread of email
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messages. For this, use a search term of "thread:<thread-id>" as can be
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seen in the first column of output from the **notmuch search** command.
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EXIT STATUS
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===========
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This command supports the following special exit status codes
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``20``
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The requested format version is too old.
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``21``
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The requested format version is too new.
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SEE ALSO
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========
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**notmuch(1)**,
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**notmuch-config(1)**,
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**notmuch-count(1)**,
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**notmuch-dump(1)**,
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**notmuch-hooks(5)**,
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**notmuch-insert(1)**,
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**notmuch-new(1)**,
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**notmuch-reply(1)**,
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**notmuch-restore(1)**,
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**notmuch-search(1)**,
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**notmuch-search-terms(7)**,
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**notmuch-tag(1)**
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