NAME¶

quest - Xapian command line search tool

SYNOPSIS¶

quest [ OPTIONS] 'QUERY'

DESCRIPTION¶

quest - Xapian command line search tool NB: QUERY should be quoted to protect it from the shell.

OPTIONS¶

-d, --db=DIRECTORY

database to search (multiple databases may be specified)

-m, --msize=MSIZE

maximum number of matches to return

-s, --stemmer=LANG

set the stemming language, the default is 'english' (pass 'none' to disable stemming)

-p, --prefix=PFX:TERMPFX

Add a prefix

-b, --boolean-prefix=PFX:TERMPFX

Add a boolean prefix

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-v, --version

output version information and exit