cli: Extend the search command for --output=addresses and similar

[notmuch.git] / doc / man1 / notmuch-search.rst

diff --git a/doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst b/doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst
index 90160f21e23c12161876d019b07ca9a0c8dc7bfc..6094906822c1f15e51af1bf7da2bbfe40cd3cfc5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst
+++ b/doc/man1/notmuch-search.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Supported options for **search** include
         intended for programs that invoke **notmuch(1)** internally. If
         omitted, the latest supported version will be used.
 
-    ``--output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags)``
+    ``--output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags|sender|recipients|addresses)``
 
         **summary**
             Output a summary of each thread with any message matching
@@ -78,6 +78,26 @@ Supported options for **search** include
             by null characters (--format=text0), as a JSON array
             (--format=json), or as an S-Expression list (--format=sexp).
 
+       **sender**
+            Output all addresses from the *From* header that appear on
+            any message matching the search terms, either one per line
+            (--format=text), separated by null characters
+            (--format=text0), as a JSON array (--format=json), or as
+            an S-Expression list (--format=sexp).
+
+           Note: Searching for **sender** should much be faster than
+           searching for **recipients** or **addresses**, because
+           sender addresses are cached directly in the database
+           whereas other addresses need to be fetched from the
+           message file by parsing it.
+
+       **recipients**
+            Like **sender** but for addresses from *To*, *Cc* and
+           *Bcc* headers.
+
+       **addresses**
+           Like **sender** and **recipients** together.
+
     ``--sort=``\ (**newest-first**\ \|\ **oldest-first**)
         This option can be used to present results in either
         chronological order (**oldest-first**) or reverse chronological