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=head1 NAME

lei-q - search for messages matching terms

=head1 SYNOPSIS

lei q [OPTIONS] TERM [TERM...]

lei q [OPTIONS] --stdin

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Search for messages across the lei store and externals.

TODO: Give common prefixes, or at least a description/reference.

=head1 OPTIONS

TODO: mention curl options?

=over

=item --stdin

Read search terms from stdin.

=item -o MFOLDER, --output=MFOLDER, --mfolder=MFOLDER

Destination for results (e.g., C<path/to/Maildir>,
C<imaps://user@mail.example.com/INBOX.test>, or
C<mboxcl2:path/to/mbox>).  The prefix may be a supported protocol:
C<imap://>, C<imaps://>, C<nntp://>, or C<nntps://>.  URLs requiring
authentication must use L<netrc(5)> and/or L<git-credential(1)> to
fill in the username and password.

The prefix can instead specify the format of the output: C<maildir>,
C<mboxrd>, C<mboxcl2>, C<mboxcl>, C<mboxo>, C<json>, C<jsonl>, or
C<concatjson>.  When a format isn't specified, it's chosen based on
the destination.  C<json> is used for the default destination
(stdout), and C<maildir> is used for an existing directory or
non-existing path.

TODO: Provide description of formats?

Default: -

=item -f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT

Format of results.  This option exists as a convenient way to specify
the format for the default stdout destination.  Using a C<format:>
prefix with the C<--output> destination is preferred otherwise.

=item --pretty

Pretty print C<json> or C<concatjson> output.  If stdout is opened to
a tty and used as the C<--output> destination, C<--pretty> is enabled
by default.

=item --mua=COMMAND

A command to run on C<--output> Maildir or mbox (e.g., C<mutt -f %f>).
For a subset of MUAs known to accept a mailbox via C<-f>, COMMAND can
be abbreviated to the name of the program: C<mutt>, C<mailx>, C<mail>,
or C<neomutt>.

=item --alert=COMMAND[,COMMAND...]

Run C<COMMAND> after writing to output.  C<:WINCH> indicates to send
C<SIGWINCH> to the C<--mua> process.  C<:bell> indicates to print a
bell code.  Any other value is interpreted as a command to execute as
is.

This option may be given multiple times.

Default: C<:WINCH,:bell> when C<--mua> is specified and C<--output>
doesn't point to stdout, nothing otherwise.

=item -a, --augment

Augment output destination instead of clobbering it.

=item -t, --threads

Return all messages in the same thread as the actual match(es).

Using this twice (C<-tt>) sets the C<flagged> (AKA "important")
on messages which were actual matches.  This is useful to distinguish
messages which were direct hits from messages which were merely part
of the same thread.

TODO: Warning: this flag may become persistent and saved in
lei/store unless an MUA unflags it!  (Behavior undecided)

=item -d STRATEGY, --dedupe=STRATEGY

Strategy for deduplicating messages: C<content>, C<oid>, C<mid>, or
C<none>.

Default: C<content>

TODO: Provide description of strategies?

=item --[no-]remote

Whether to include results requiring network access.  When local
externals are configured, C<--remote> must be explicitly passed to
enable reporting of results from remote externals.

=item --no-local

Limit operations to those requiring network access.

=item --no-external

Don't include results from externals.

=item -I LOCATION, --include=LOCATION

Include specified external in search.  This option may be given
multiple times.

=item --exclude=LOCATION

Exclude specified external from search.  This option may be given
multiple times.

=item --only=LOCATION

Use only the specified external for search.  This option may be given
multiple times, in which case the search uses only the specified set.

=item -g, --globoff

Do not match locations using C<*?> wildcards and C<[]> ranges.  This
option applies to C<--include>, C<--exclude>, and C<--only>.

=item --no-import-remote

Disable the default behavior of memoizing remote messages into the
local store.

=item --lock

L<mbox(5)> locking method(s) to use: C<dotlock>, C<fcntl>, C<flock> or
C<none>.

Default: fcntl,dotlock

=item -NUMBER, -n NUMBER, --limit=NUMBER

Limit the number of matches.

Default: 10000

=item --offset=NUMBER

Shift start of search results.

Default: 0

=item -r, --reverse

Reverse the results.  Note that this applies before C<--limit>.

=item -s KEY, --sort=KEY

Order the results by KEY.  Valid keys are C<received>, C<relevance>,
and C<docid>.

Default: C<received>

=item -v, --verbose

Provide more feedback on stderr.

=item -q, --quiet

Suppress feedback messages.

=item --torsocks=auto|no|yes, --no-torsocks

Whether to wrap L<git(1)> and L<curl(1)> commands with torsocks.

Default: C<auto>

=back

=head1 CONTACT

Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>

The mail archives are hosted at L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/>
and L<http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/meta/>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>

License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<lei-add-external(1)>,
L<Xapian::QueryParser Syntax|https://xapian.org/docs/queryparser.html>

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