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DOVEADM-SEARCH(1)		    Dovecot		     DOVEADM-SEARCH(1)

NAME
       doveadm-search -	Show a list of mailbox GUIDs and message UIDs matching
       given search query.

SYNOPSIS
       doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] search [-S socket_path] search_query
       doveadm [-Dv] [-f formatter] search [-S socket_path] -A search_query
       doveadm	 [-Dv]	 [-f   formatter]  search  [-S	socket_path]  -F  file
       search_query
       doveadm	[-Dv]  [-f  formatter]	search	[-S   socket_path]   -u	  user
       search_query

DESCRIPTION
       The  search command is used to find matching messages.  doveadm(1) will
       print the mailbox's guid	and the	message's uid for each match.
       When used with the -A or	-u wildcard options, doveadm(1)	will print the
       fields username,	mailbox-guid and uid for each matching message.

       In the first form, doveadm(1) will executed the search action with  the
       environment of the logged in system user.

       In the second form, the command will be performed for all users.

       In  the	third form, the	command	will be	performed for all users	listed
       in the given file.

       In the fourth form, only	matching mails of the given  user(s)  will  be
       searched.

OPTIONS
       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity	and debug messages.

       -f formatter
	      Specifies	 the  formatter	 for formatting	the output.  Supported
	      formatters are:

	      flow   prints each line with key=value pairs.

	      pager  prints each key: value pair on its	own line and separates
		     records with form feed character (^L).

	      tab    prints a table header followed  by	 tab  separated	 value
		     lines.

	      table  prints a table header followed by adjusted	value lines.

       -o setting=value
	      Overrides	 the  configuration  setting from /usr/local/etc/dove-
	      cot/dovecot.conf and from	the userdb with	the given  value.   In
	      order to override	multiple settings, the -o option may be	speci-
	      fied multiple times.

       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

       This  command  uses  by	default	the output formatter flow (without the
       key= prefix).

       Command specific	options:

       -A     If the -A	option is present, the command will be	performed  for
	      all  users.   Using this option in combination with system users
	      from userdb { driver = passwd } is not recommended,  because  it
	      contains	also  users  with  a lower UID than the	one configured
	      with the first_valid_uid setting.

	      When the SQL userdb module is used  make	sure  that  the	 iter-
	      ate_query	setting	in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
	      matches  your  database layout.  When using the LDAP userdb mod-
	      ule, make	sure that the iterate_attrs  and  iterate_filter  set-
	      tings in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext match your
	      LDAP  schema.   Otherwise	 doveadm(1)  will be unable to iterate
	      over all users.

       -F file
	      Execute the command for all the users in the file.  This is sim-
	      ilar to the -A option, but instead of getting the	list of	 users
	      from  the	 userdb,  they are read	from the given file.  The file
	      contains one username per	line.

       -S socket_path
	      The option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX
	      domain socket, or	a hostname and port (hostname:port), in	 order
	      to connect a remote host via a TCP socket.

	      This allows an administrator to execute doveadm(1) mail commands
	      through the given	socket.

       -u user/mask
	      Run  the command only for	the given user.	 It's also possible to
	      use '*' and '?' wildcards	(e.g. -u *@example.org).
	      When neither the -A option, nor  the  -F file  option,  nor  the
	      -u user was specified, the command will be executed with the en-
	      vironment	of the currently logged	in user.

ARGUMENTS
       search_query
	      Show    messages	  matching    this    search	query.	   See
	      doveadm-search-query(7) for details.

EXAMPLE
       This example demonstrates how to	search in user bob's dovecot mailboxes
       all messages, which contains the	word "todo" in the Subject: header.

       doveadm search -u bob mailbox dovecot\* subject todo
       3a94c928d66ebe4bda04000015811c6a	  8
       3a94c928d66ebe4bda04000015811c6a	  25
       3a94c928d66ebe4bda04000015811c6a	  45

       The  search  command  is	 mainly	 useful	 when	used   together	  with
       doveadm fetch  command.	For example to save message bodies of all mes-
       sages from INBOX	that have "todo" in subject, use:

       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

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing  List
       <dovecot@dovecot.org>.	Information  about reporting bugs is available
       at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO
       doveadm(1), doveadm-fetch(1), doveadm-search-query(7)

Dovecot	v2.3			  2015-05-09		     DOVEADM-SEARCH(1)

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