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| ELINK(1) | NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual | ELINK(1) |
NAME¶
elink - look up related NCBI Entrez records
SYNOPSIS¶
elink [-help] [-related] [-target dbname] [-name name] [-db name] [-id ID(s)] [-input filename] [-cmd command] [-cited] [-cites]
DESCRIPTION¶
elink follows links between Entrez databases, either extending an existing Entrez Direct pipeline or honoring explicit -db and -id (or -input) options.
OPTIONS¶
Destination Database¶
- Look up neighbors in the same database.
- -target dbname
- Follow links to another database.
- -name name
- Follow an explicit link name such as pubmed_protein_refseq, pubmed_pubmed_citedin, or pubmed_pubmed_refs.
Direct Record Selection¶
- -db name
- Entrez database name for immediate lookups.
- -id ID(s)
- Unique identifier(s) for immediate lookups.
- -input filename
- Read identifer(s) from file instead of standard input.
Advanced Control¶
- -cmd command
- Command type (returns eLinkResult XML):
- history
- Save results in Entrez history server
- neighbor
- Neighbors or links
- neighbor_score
- Neighbors with computed similarity scores
- acheck
- All links available
- ncheck
- Existence of neighbors
- lcheck
- Existence of external links (LinkOuts)
- llinks
- Non-library LinkOut providers
- llinkslib (Perl) or llibs (shell)
- All LinkOut providers
- prlinks
- Primary LinkOut provider.
PubMed Citation Lookup¶
-cited and -cites use the NIH Open Citation Collection dataset (see PMID 31600197) to follow reference links.
Miscellaneous Arguments¶
- -help
- Print usage information.
SEE ALSO¶
| 2022-02-05 | NCBI |