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.TH QUEST "1" "October 2014" "xapian-core 1.2.19" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
quest \- Xapian command line search tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B quest
[\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fI'QUERY'\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
quest \- Xapian command line search tool
.PP
NB: QUERY should be quoted to protect it from the shell.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-db\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
database to search (multiple databases may
be specified)
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-msize\fR=\fIMSIZE\fR
maximum number of matches to return
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\-at\-least\fR=\fIHOWMANY\fR
minimum number of matches to check
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-stemmer\fR=\fILANG\fR
set the stemming language, the default is
\&'english' (pass 'none' to disable stemming)
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-prefix\fR=\fIPFX\fR:TERMPFX
add a prefix
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-boolean\-prefix\fR=\fIPFX\fR:TERMPFX
add a boolean prefix
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-flags\fR=\fIFLAG1[\fR,FLAG2]...
specify QueryParser flags.  Valid flags:
auto_multiword_synonyms, auto_synonyms,
boolean, boolean_any_case, default,
lovehate, partial, phrase, pure_not,
spelling_correction, synonym, wildcard
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-default\-op\fR=\fIOP\fR
specify QueryParser default operator
(default: or).  Valid operators:
and, elite_set, near, or, phrase, synonym
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-weight\fR=\fISCHEME\fR
specify weighting scheme to use
(default: bm25).  Valid schemes:
bm25, bool, trad
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit