.TH ECITMATCH 1 2017-01-24 NCBI "NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual"
.SH NAME
ecitmatch \- look up a citation's PubMed ID
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBecitmatch\fP (\fBedirect\ \-citmatch\fP)
[\|\fB\-help\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-journal\fP\ \fItitle\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-year\fP\ \fIyear\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-volume\fP\ \fIN\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-page\fP\ \fIN\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-author\fP\ \fIname\fP\|]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBecitmatch\fP prints (to standard output)
the numeric PubMed identifier for a specified article.
If there were multiple matches, it substitutes
a parenthesized expression of the form
\fB(\fP\fIn\fP\fB\ citations)\fP.
If there were no matches, it prints nothing at all.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-help\fP
Print a summary of available options.
.TP
\fB\-journal\fP\ \fItitle\fP
Match only articles whose journal has the given title
(which may be specified as a standard abbreviation).
.TP
\fB\-year\fP\ \fIyear\fP
Match only articles published in the given year.
.TP
\fB\-volume\fP\ \fIN\fP
Match only articles with the given volume number.
.TP
\fB\-page\fP\ \fIN\fP
Match only articles starting on the given page number.
.TP
\fB\-author\fP\ \fIname
Match only articles with the given author name
(may be partial; may not be repeated).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR edirect (1).