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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

database to search (multiple databases may be specified)
maximum number of matches to return
minimum number of matches to check
set the stemming language, the default is 'english' (pass 'none' to disable stemming)
add a prefix
add a boolean prefix
specify QueryParser flags (default: default). Valid flags: accumulate, auto_multiword_synonyms, auto_synonyms, boolean, boolean_any_case, cjk_ngram, default, lovehate, no_positions, partial, phrase, pure_not, spelling_correction, synonym, wildcard
specify QueryParser default operator (default: or). Valid operators: and, elite_set, max, near, or, phrase, synonym
specify weighting scheme to use (default: bm25). Valid schemes: bb2, bm25, bm25+, bool, coord, dlh, dph, ifb2, ineb2, inl2, lm, pl2, pl2+, tfidf, trad
show query term frequencies
display this help and exit
output version information and exit
September 2022 xapian-core 1.4.21