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PHRASE-SEARCH(1) NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual PHRASE-SEARCH(1)

NAME

phrase-search - search an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive

SYNOPSIS

phrase-search [-h|-help|--help] [-path|-master dir] [-count|-counts|-search|-exact|-query] query...

DESCRIPTION

phrase-search searches an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive (as prepared by index-pubmed(1)).

OPTIONS

-h|-help|--help
Print usage information.
-path|-master dir
Search the local archive in dir.
-count
Print terms and counts, merging wildcards.
-counts
Expand wildcards; print individual term counts.
-search
Expansive search using stemmed words.
-exact
Strict search for article title round-tripping.
-query (default mode)
Search on words or phrases in Boolean formulas.
query...
What to search for; may contain standard Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT, using parentheses as needed for grouping.

ENVIRONMENT

EDIRECT_PUBMED_MASTER
Local archive directory to use in the absence of -path/-master. Expected to hold an absolute path; mandatory when not supplying a path on the command line.

SEE ALSO

entrez-phrase-search(1), fetch-pubmed(1), index-pubmed(1), rchive(1), xtract(1).
2019-02-06 NCBI