.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2018 Dovecot authors, see the included COPYING file
.TH DOVEADM\-SEARCH 1 "2015-05-09" "Dovecot v2.3" "Dovecot"
.SH NAME
doveadm\-search \- Show a list of mailbox GUIDs and message UIDs matching \
given search query.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] [" \-f
.IR formatter ]
.BR search " [" \-S
.IR socket_path "] " search_query
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] [" \-f
.IR formatter ]
.BR search " [" \-S
.IR socket_path ]
.BI \-A \ search_query
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] [" \-f
.IR formatter ]
.BR search " [" \-S
.IR socket_path ]
.BI \-F " file search_query"
.br
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.BR doveadm " [" \-Dv "] [" \-f
.IR formatter ]
.BR search " [" \-S
.IR socket_path ]
.BI \-u " user search_query"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B search
command is used to find matching messages.
.BR doveadm (1)
will print the mailbox\(aqs guid and the message\(aqs uid for each match.
.br
When used with the
.B \-A
or
.BI \-u \ wildcard
options,
.BR doveadm (1)
will print the fields
.BR username ,
.BR mailbox\-guid \ and
.B uid
for each matching message.
.PP
In the first form,
.BR doveadm (1)
will executed the
.B search
action with the environment of the logged in system user.
.PP
In the second form, the command will be performed for all users.
.PP
In the third form, the command will be performed for all users listed in
the given
.IR file .
.PP
In the fourth form, only matching mails of the given
.IR user (s)
will be searched.
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@INCLUDE:global-options-formatter@
.\" --- command specific options --- "/.
.PP
This command uses by default the output formatter
.B flow
(without the
.IR key =
prefix).
.PP
Command specific
.IR options :
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@INCLUDE:option-A@
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@INCLUDE:option-F-file@
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@INCLUDE:option-S-socket@
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@INCLUDE:option-u-user@
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.SH ARGUMENTS
.TP
.I search_query
Show messages matching this search query.
See
.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)
for details.
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.SH EXAMPLE
This example demonstrates how to search in user bob\(aqs dovecot mailboxes
all messages, which contains the word \(dqtodo\(dq in the Subject: header.
.PP
.nf
.ft B
doveadm search \-u bob mailbox dovecot\(rs* subject todo
.ft P
3a94c928d66ebe4bda04000015811c6a	8
3a94c928d66ebe4bda04000015811c6a	25
3a94c928d66ebe4bda04000015811c6a	45
.fi
.PP
The search command is mainly useful when used together with
.I doveadm\ fetch
command. For example to save message bodies of all messages from INBOX
that have "todo" in subject, use:
.PP
.nf
.ft B
doveadm search \-u bob mailbox INBOX subject todo |
while read guid uid; do
\ \ doveadm fetch \-u bob body mailbox\-guid $guid uid $uid > msg.$uid
done
.ft P
.fi
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@INCLUDE:reporting-bugs@
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR doveadm (1),
.BR doveadm\-fetch (1),
.BR doveadm\-search\-query (7)