---
name: "settle-query"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "settle"
version: "0.40.1-8+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/settle-query"
---

# settle-query(1)

query the database

## NAME

settle query - query the database

## SYNOPSIS

**settle** *{query\|-Q}* \[*OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

query the database

## OPTIONS

- **-t**, **--title** \<REGEX\>

  keep Zettel with a matching title

- **-p**, **--project** \<REGEX\>

  keep Zettel that are in the matching projects

- **-g**, **--tag** \<REGEX\>

  keep Zettel that have a matching tag name

- **-x**, **--text** \<REGEX\>

  keep Zettel that contain some text

- **-l**, **--links** \<REGEX\>

  keep Zettel that have links to the matching Zettel

- **-b**, **--backlinks** \<REGEX\>

  keep Zettel that have links from the matching Zettel

- **-o**, **--loners**

  keep Zettel that don't have any links to and fro

- **-f**, **--format** \<FORMAT\>

  print formatted

- **-s**, **--link\_sep** \<SEPARATOR\>

  specify separator for links and backlinks in formatted output

- **--graph** \<GRAPH\>

  turn the query results into a graph: 'dot', 'json' or 'vizk'

- **-e**, **--exact**

  match everything exactly, disabling regex

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help