Re: Partial words on notmuch search?

Subject: Re: Partial words on notmuch search?

Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:26:21 -0400

To: Andrei Popescu, notmuch@notmuchmail.org

Cc:

From: David Bremner

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:21:03 +0200, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrot> 
> $ notmuch count 'Debian'
> 65888
> $ notmuch count '*ebian'
> 3
> $ notmuch count '?ebian'
> 3
> $ notmuch count 'ebian'
> 3
> $ notmuch count '0ebian'

You have to delve into the mysteries of xapian query parsing
unfortunately.

The short answer is that "*" only works at the end of a word.

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