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DELVE(1)			  User Commands 			DELVE(1)

NAME
     delve - Inspect the contents of a Xapian database

SYNOPSIS
     delve [OPTIONS] DATABASE...

DESCRIPTION
     delve - Inspect the contents of a Xapian database

OPTIONS
     -a     show all terms in the database

     -A <prefix>
	    show all terms in the database with given prefix

     -r <recno>
	    for term list(s)

     -t <term>
	    for posting list(s)

     -t <term> -r <recno>
	    for position list(s)

     -s, --stemmer=LANG
	    set the stemming language, the default is 'none'

     -1     output one list entry per line

     -V[<type>]<valueno>
	    output value valueno for each document referred to (or each document
	    in	the  database  if no -r options).  <type> can be: E: escape in a
	    C-like way (default) I: decode as a packed integer R: show	the  raw
	    value (which may contain binary data,

     newlines, invalid UTF-8, etc)
	    S: decode using Xapian::sortable_unserialise()

     -V[<type>]
	    output  all  values  for  each  document  referred to.  <type> is as
	    above.

     -d     output document data for each document referred to

     -z     for db, count documents with length 0

     -v     extra info (wdf and len for postlist; wdf and termfreq for termlist;
	    number of terms for db;  termfreq  when  showing  all  terms;  value
	    bounds and freq when showing all values in a slot)

     -vv    even  more	info  (also show collection freq and wdf upper bound for
	    terms)

     --help
	    display this help and exit

     --version
	    output version information and exit

xapian-core 1.4.31		  February 2026 			DELVE(1)

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