---
name: "mknmz"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "namazu"
version: "2.0.21-7"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mknmz"
---

# mknmz(1)

an indexer of Namazu

## NAME

mknmz - an indexer of Namazu

## SYNOPSIS

**mknmz** \[*options*\] *\<target\>*...

## DESCRIPTION

mknmz 2.0.21, an indexer of Namazu.

### Target files:

- **-a**, **--all**

  target all files.

- **-t**, **--media-type**=*MTYPE*

  set the media type for all target files to MTYPE.

- **-h**, **--mailnews**

  same as **--media-type=**'message/rfc822'

- **--mhonarc**

  same as **--media-type=**'text/html; x-type=mhonarc'

- **-F**, **--target-list**=*FILE*

  load FILE which contains a list of target files.

- **--allow**=*PATTERN*

  set PATTERN for file names which should be allowed.

- **--deny**=*PATTERN*

  set PATTERN for file names which should be denied.

- **--exclude**=*PATTERN*

  set PATTERN for pathnames which should be excluded.

- **-e**, **--robots**

  exclude HTML files containing \<meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX"\>

- **-M**, **--meta**

  handle HTML meta tags for field-specified search.

- **-r**, **--replace**=*CODE*

  set CODE for replacing URI.

- **--html-split**

  split an HTML file with \<a name="..."\> anchors.

- **--mtime**=*NUM*

  limit by mtime just like [find(1)](/find/1.md)'s **-mtime** option. e.g., **-50** for recent 50 days, +50 for older than 50.

### Morphological Analysis:

- **-b**, **--use-mecab**

  use MeCab for analyzing Japanese.

- **-c**, **--use-chasen**

  use ChaSen for analyzing Japanese.

- **-k**, **--use-kakasi**

  use KAKASI for analyzing Japanese.

- **-m**, **--use-chasen-noun**

  use ChaSen for extracting only nouns.

**-L**, **--indexing-lang**=*LANG* index with language specific processing.

### Text Operations:

- **-E**, **--no-edge-symbol**

  remove symbols on edge of word.

- **-G**, **--no-okurigana**

  remove Okurigana in word.

- **-H**, **--no-hiragana**

  ignore words consist of Hiragana only.

- **-K**, **--no-symbol**

  remove symbols.

- **--decode-base64**

  decode base64 bodies within multipart entities.

### Summarization:

- **-U**, **--no-encode-uri**

  do not encode URI.

**-x**, **--no-heading-summary** do not make summary with HTML's headings.

### Index Construction:

- **--update**=*INDEX*

  set INDEX for updating.

- **-z**, **--check-filesize**

  detect file size changed.

- **-Y**, **--no-delete**

  do not detect removed documents.

- **-Z**, **--no-update**

  do not detect update and deleted documents.

### Miscellaneous:

- **-s**, **--checkpoint**

  turn on the checkpoint mechanism.

- **-C**, **--show-config**

  show the current configuration.

- **-f**, **--config**=*FILE*

  use FILE as a config file.

- **-I**, **--include**=*FILE*

  include your customization FILE.

- **-O**, **--output-dir**=*DIR*

  set DIR to output the index.

- **-T**, **--template-dir**=*DIR*

  set DIR having NMZ.{head,foot,body}.\*.

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  suppress status messages during execution.

- **-v**, **--version**

  show the version of namazu and exit.

- **-V**, **--verbose**

  be verbose.

- **-d**, **--debug**

  be debug mode.

- **--help**

  show this help and exit.

- **--norc**

  do not read the personal initialization files.

- **--**

  Terminate option list.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<http://www.namazu.org/trac-namazu/trac.cgi\> or \<bug-namazu@namazu.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1997-1999 Satoru Takabayashi All rights reserved.\
 Copyright © 2000-2009 Namazu Project All rights reserved.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.