From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 595096DE0274 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:15:27 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.719 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.719 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.101, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Y8xi7JBXOqhb for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:15:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com (mail-wi0-f177.google.com [209.85.212.177]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47A216DE00CB for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:15:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by wicfx3 with SMTP id fx3so136025187wic.1 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:15:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=eGQWYUoy7Osa2KtLHD54YHVpJOBd98yZKjj/F6Zq010=; b=vdchQKPQGZ4UyLWrcBcWKTbSf0eXs9knLPXFfEuo71/JuefB6qGnlZsLIG8zp09Cdl eYHgKRLNrYUXYQs4Vmx8Gfb415HFW6XJUeKDgdtVs4SiSh+atJv/IfXg5m3F2cK/Iob6 w7zCILnzYNRJQygV+dDqATdWbNhUJexNsnidbrQ8BYsH6MwYEGVkNXwyGrp2o8SIK6WP Wuyzn9nDxF4OmLsSERl3SV5qD3YaqwB+MoRXYIc+1BNr98CRFxK2HWAJRkCH3i78E6km vpZaeKrMOr8ROG6HE/E9hepP9167n9Q2Fk7MZO2MyqtKhSdNDrmAFwtxiNgH1ahuo/GM i0Sw== X-Received: by 10.180.188.211 with SMTP id gc19mr24815441wic.81.1443510921969; Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:15:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from chitra.no-ip.org (5072840E.static.ziggozakelijk.nl. [80.114.132.14]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r4sm22181632wia.19.2015.09.29.00.15.20 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:15:20 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Suvayu Ali Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 09:15:18 +0200 From: Suvayu Ali To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: correct way to search for only PDF attachments Message-ID: <20150929071518.GA20628@chitra.no-ip.org> Mail-Followup-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org References: <87vbau9e8i.fsf@wondoo.home.cworth.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87vbau9e8i.fsf@wondoo.home.cworth.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23.1 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 07:15:27 -0000 On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 07:00:13PM -0700, Carl Worth wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28 2015, Xu Wang wrote: > > > To understand more, what does the following search for? > > > > from:jongho attachment:.*pdf > > Uhm, probably only strange things. There are some mechanisms for getting > notmuch to emit some debugging information on what the final search > terms end up being, (but I don't recall if they still require > recompilation or not). This should work: $ export NOTMUCH_DEBUG_QUERY=1 $ notmuch count -- from:suvayu attachment:*.pdf Query string is: from:suvayu attachment:*.pdf Exclude query is: Xapian::Query() Final query is: Xapian::Query((Tmail AND ZXFROMsuvayu:(pos=1) AND Zattach:(pos=2) AND Zpdf:(pos=3))) 217 $ notmuch count -- from:suvayu attachment:pdf Query string is: from:suvayu attachment:pdf Exclude query is: Xapian::Query() Final query is: Xapian::Query((Tmail AND ZXFROMsuvayu:(pos=1) AND ZXATTACHMENTpdf:(pos=2))) 151 I guess to answer the OP's question, the globbed form simply does a text search of attach and pdf. The keyword is not recognised at all. Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.