.TH BT-LINK 1 2020-10-03 NCBI "NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual"
.SH NAME
bt\-link \- look up related Scripps BioThings records
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBbt\-link\fP
[\|\fB\-debug\fP\|]
\fItarget\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBbt\-link\fP reads an XML\-formatted list
of Scripps BioThings identifiers from standard input,
obtains their record type from its \fB/ENTREZ_EXTEND/Type\fP value,
looks up corresponding identifiers in the target database,
and writes the resulting list to standard output
in the same XML format.
(\fBbt\-load\fP(1) and \fBbt\-srch\fP(1) yield suitable input.)
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-debug\fP
Additionally print the \fBnquire\fP/\fBxtract\fP pipeline(s)
and execution time(s) to the user's terminal
(keeping standard output clean).
.TP
\fItarget\fP
Target Scripps BioThings database.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR bt\-load (1),
.BR bt\-save (1),
.BR bt\-srch (1),
.BR elink (1),
.BR join\-into\-groups\-of (1),
.BR nquire (1),
.BR xplore (1),
.BR xtract (1).