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NAME

6       quest - Xapian command line search tool
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SYNOPSIS

9       quest [OPTIONS] 'QUERY'
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DESCRIPTION

12       quest - Xapian command line search tool
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14       NB: QUERY should be quoted to protect it from the shell.
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OPTIONS

17       -d, --db=DIRECTORY
18              database to search (multiple databases may be specified)
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20       -m, --msize=MSIZE
21              maximum number of matches to return
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23       -c, --check-at-least=HOWMANY
24              minimum number of matches to check
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26       -s, --stemmer=LANG
27              set the stemming language, the default is 'english' (pass 'none'
28              to disable stemming)
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30       -p, --prefix=PFX:TERMPFX
31              add a prefix
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33       -b, --boolean-prefix=PFX:TERMPFX
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36       -f, --flags=FLAG1[,FLAG2]...
37              specify QueryParser flags (default: default).  Valid flags:  ac‐
38              cumulate, auto_multiword_synonyms, auto_synonyms, boolean, bool‐
39              ean_any_case, cjk_ngram, default, lovehate,  no_positions,  par‐
40              tial, phrase, pure_not, spelling_correction, synonym, wildcard
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42       -o, --default-op=OP
43              specify QueryParser default operator (default: or).  Valid oper‐
44              ators: and, elite_set, max, near, or, phrase, synonym
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46       -w, --weight=SCHEME
47              specify weighting scheme to use (default: bm25).  Valid schemes:
48              bb2,  bm25, bm25+, bool, coord, dlh, dph, ifb2, ineb2, inl2, lm,
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51       -h, --help
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54       -v, --version
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59xapian-core 1.4.19               January 2022                         QUEST(1)
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