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QUEST(1)			 User Commands			      QUEST(1)

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

       -c, --check-at-least=HOWMANY
	      minimum number of	matches	to check

       -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

       -f, --flags=FLAG1[,FLAG2]...
	      specify  QueryParser flags (default: default).  Valid flags: ac-
	      cumulate,	  auto_multiword_synonyms,   auto_synonyms,   boolean,
	      boolean_any_case,	cjk_ngram, default, lovehate, ngrams, no_posi-
	      tions,  partial, phrase, pure_not, spelling_correction, synonym,
	      wildcard

       -o, --default-op=OP
	      specify QueryParser default operator (default: or).  Valid oper-
	      ators: and, elite_set, max, near,	or, phrase, synonym

       -w, --weight=SCHEME
	      specify weighting	scheme to use (default:	bm25).	Valid schemes:
	      bb2, bm25, bm25+,	bool, coord, dlh, dph, ifb2, ineb2, inl2,  lm,
	      pl2, pl2+, tfidf,	trad

       -F, --freqs
	      show query term frequencies

       -h, --help
	      display this help	and exit

       -v, --version
	      output version information and exit

xapian-core 1.4.27		 December 2024			      QUEST(1)

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