mutt-wizard/bin/mailsearch

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Run notmuch with a search term and clean up the output.
HFILE=$HOME"/.cache/notmuch_search_hist"
SEARCH=$HOME"/.cache/notmuch_search_res" 
if [ ! -e "$HFILE" ]; then
    touch "$HFILE"
fi 
export HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
history -r "$HFILE"
# Uncomment to use the Vi mode in readline:
# set -o vi
x="" 
echo > $SEARCH


echo "Enter a search term to find with notmuch:"
read -e x 
history -s "$x"

notmuch search --output=messages "$x" > "$SEARCH"
cat "$SEARCH"               |
    sed 's/^id:\(.*\)/\1|/' | # remove the initial "id:"
    sed 's/\+/\\+/'         | # replace "+" with "\+"
    sed 's/\$/\\\$/'        | # replace "$" with "\$"
    tr -d "\n"              | # remove newlines
    sed 's/.$//'            | # remove the last redundant "|"
    cat  > "$SEARCH"

history -w "$HFILE"