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This is somewhat less DWIM than the Xapian query parser, but it has the advantage of simplicity.
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.. _notmuch-sexp-queries(7):
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====================
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notmuch-sexp-queries
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====================
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SYNOPSIS
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========
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**notmuch** **search** ``--query=sexp`` '(and (to santa) (date december))'
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DESCRIPTION
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===========
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S-EXPRESSIONS
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-------------
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An *s-expression* is either an atom, or list of whitespace delimited
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s-expressions inside parentheses. Atoms are either
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*basic value*
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A basic value is an unquoted string containing no whitespace, double quotes, or
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parentheses.
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*quoted string*
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Double quotes (") delimit strings possibly containing whitespace
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or parentheses. These can contain double quote characters by
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escaping with backslash. E.g. ``"this is a quote \""``.
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S-EXPRESSION QUERIES
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--------------------
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An s-expression query is either an atom, the empty list, or a
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*compound query* consisting of a prefix atom (first element) defining
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a *field*, *logical operation*, or *modifier*, and 0 or more
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subqueries.
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``*``
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``()``
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The empty list matches all messages
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*term*
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Match all messages containing *term*, possibly after
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stemming or phase splitting. For discussion of stemming in
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notmuch see :any:`notmuch-search-terms(7)`. Stemming only applies
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to unquoted terms (basic values) in s-expression queries.
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``(`` *field* |q1| |q2| ... |qn| ``)``
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Restrict the queries |q1| to |qn| to *field*, and combine with *and*
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(for most fields) or *or*. See :any:`fields` for more information.
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``(`` *operator* |q1| |q2| ... |qn| ``)``
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Combine queries |q1| to |qn|. See :any:`operators` for more information.
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``(`` *modifier* |q1| |q2| ... |qn| ``)``
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Combine queries |q1| to |qn|, and reinterpret the result (e.g. as a regular expression).
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See :any:`modifiers` for more information.
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.. _fields:
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FIELDS
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``````
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.. _operators:
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OPERATORS
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`````````
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.. _modifiers:
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MODIFIERS
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`````````
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EXAMPLES
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``Wizard``
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Match all messages containing the word "wizard", ignoring case.
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``added``
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Match all messages containing "added", but also those containing "add", "additional",
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"Additional", "adds", etc... via stemming.
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.. |q1| replace:: :math:`q_1`
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.. |q2| replace:: :math:`q_2`
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.. |qn| replace:: :math:`q_n`
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