AERC-SEARCH(1)              General Commands Manual             AERC-SEARCH(1)

NAME
       aerc-search - search and filter patterns and options for aerc(1)

SYNTAX
       This syntax is common to all backends.

       :filter [-ruba] [-x <flag>] [-X <flag>] [-H Header: Value] [-f <from>]
       [-t <to>] [-c <cc>] [-d <start[,end]>] [<terms>...]
       :search [-ruba] [-x <flag>] [-X <flag>] [-H Header: Value] [-f <from>]
       [-t <to>] [-c <cc>] [-d <start[,end]>] [<terms>...]
           Searches the current folder for messages matching the given set of
           conditions.

           :filter restricts the displayed messages to only the search
           results.

           Each space separated term of <terms>, if provided, is searched
           case-insensitively among subject lines unless -b or -a are
           provided.

           -r: Search for read messages

           -u: Search for unread messages

           -x <flag>, -X <flag>: Restrict search to messages with or without
           <flag>
               Use -x to search for messages with the flag set. Use -X to
               search for messages without the flag set.

               Possible values are:
                   Seen
                       Read messages
                   Answered
                       Replied messages
                   Flagged
                       Flagged messages
                   Draft
                       Draft messages

           -H: Search in the headers of the messages, for a specific header
               Syntax: Header: Value If the space between : and the value is
               omitted, aerc will not search for the Header.

           -b: Search in the body of the messages

           -a: Search in the entire text of the messages

           -f <from>: Search for messages from <from>

           -t <to>: Search for messages to <to>

           -c <cc>: Search for messages cc'ed to <cc>

           -d <start[..end]>:
               Search for messages within a particular date range defined as
               [start, end).

               Spaces and underscores are allowed in relative dates to improve
               readability.

               YYYY-MM-DD

               today, yesterday

               (this|last) (year|month|week)

               Weekdays, Monthnames
                   Can also be abbreviate, so Monday..Tuesday can written as
                   Mon..Tue and February..March as Feb..Mar.

               <N> (y[ear]|m[onth]|w[eek]|d[ay])
                   <N> is a positive integer that represents the number of the
                   time units in the past. Multiple relative terms can will be
                   accumulated. The units can also be abbreviated by a single
                   letter such that yesterday would correspond to 1d
                   (equivalent to 1 day or 1_day) and 8 days ago would be
                   either 1w1d or 8d.

NOTMUCH
       For notmuch, it is possible to avoid using the above flags and only
       rely on notmuch search syntax.

       :filter query...
       :search query...
           You can use the full notmuch query language as described in
           notmuch-search-terms(7).

           The query will only apply on top of the active folder query.

           Example, jump to next unread:

               :search tag:unread

SEE ALSO
       aerc(1) aerc-config(5)

AUTHORS
       Originally created by Drew DeVault and maintained by Robin Jarry who is
       assisted by other open source contributors. For more information about
       aerc development, see https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/.

                                  2024-04-07                    AERC-SEARCH(1)