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quest - Xapian command line search tool

quest [/OPTIONS/] ’QUERY’

quest - Xapian command line search tool

NB: QUERY should be quoted to protect it from the shell.

-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. Valid flags: auto_multiword_synonyms, auto_synonyms, boolean, boolean_any_case, cjk_ngram, default, lovehate, partial, phrase, pure_not, spelling_correction, synonym, wildcard

-o, *–default-op*=/OP/

specify QueryParser default operator (default: or). Valid operators: 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

-h, –help

display this help and exit

-v, –version

output version information and exit