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ESEARCH(1) NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual ESEARCH(1)

NAME

esearch - search an NCBI Entrez database

SYNOPSIS

esearch [-help] -db name -query str [-sort field] [-days N] [-datetype field] [-mindate date] [-maxdate date] [-spell] [-translate] [-component]

DESCRIPTION

esearch searches an NCBI Entrez database for a given query.

OPTIONS

Query Specification

Entrez database name.
Query string.

Document Order

Sort results by the given field.

Date Constraint

Return only results from the past N days.
Which date field (in abbreviated form) to consider.
Start of date range.
End of date range.

Spell Check

Correct misspellings in query.

Query Translation

Show automatic term mapping.
Individual term mapping items.

Miscellaneous Arguments

Print usage information.

SEE ALSO

cit2pmid(1), combine-uid-lists(1), difference-uid-lists(1), efetch(1), efilter(1), exclude-uid-lists(1), intersect-uid-lists(1), nquire(1).

2023-02-25 NCBI