.TH GETPUB 1 2001-10-05 NCBI "NCBI Tools User's Manual"
.SH NAME
getpub \- look up Medline entries by UID
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B getpub
[\|\fB\-\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-b\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-i\fP\ \fIfilename\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-o\fP\ \fIfilename\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-t\fP\ \fIfilename\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-u\fP\ \fIN\fP\|]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBgetpub\fP does an lookup for Medline entries by Medline UID.  It
requires its input to have been indexed by \fBindexpub\fP(1).
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
\fB\-\fP
Print usage message
.TP
\fB\-b\fP
Output data is binary (rather than ASCII text) ASN.1.
.TP
\fB\-i\fP\ \fIfilename\fP
Input data (binary Pub-set; default = \fBmedline.val\fP)
.TP
\fB\-o\fP\ \fIfilename\fP
Output data (default = \fBstdout\fP)
.TP
\fB\-t\fP\ \fIfilename\fP
Input index table (default = \fBmedline.idx\fP)
.TP
\fB\-u\fP\ \fIN\fP
Medline UID to find (default = \fB88055872\fP)
.SH AUTHOR
The National Center for Biotechnology Information.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR getmesh (1),
.BR indexpub (1)