.TH LOCAL-PHRASE-SEARCH 1 2018-11-18 NCBI "NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual"
.SH NAME
local\-phrase\-search, phrase\-search \- search an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive
.SH SYNOPSIS
.RB [\| local\- \|] phrase\-search
[\|\fB\-h\fP|\|\fB\-help\fP|\fB\-\-help\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-path\fP|\fB\-master\fP\ \fIdir\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-count\fP|\fB\-counts\fP|\fB\-search\fP|\fB\-exact\fP|\fB\-query\fP\|]
\fIquery...\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.RB [\| local\- \|] phrase\-search
searches an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive
(as prepared by \fBindex\-pubmed\fP(1)).
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fP|\|\fB\-help\fP|\fB\-\-help\fP
Print usage information.
.TP
\fB\-path\fP|\fB\-master\fP\ \fIdir\fP
Search the local archive in \fIdir\fP.
.TP
\fB\-count\fP
Print terms and counts, merging wildcards.
.TP
\fB\-counts\fP
Expand wildcards; print individual term counts.
.TP
\fB\-search\fP
Expansive search using stemmed words.
.TP
\fB\-exact\fP
Strict search for article title round\-tripping.
.TP
\fB\-query\fP (default mode)
Search on words or phrases in Boolean formulas.
.TP
\fIquery...\fP
What to search for;
may contain standard Boolean operators
\fBAND\fP, \fBOR\fP, and \fBNOT\fP,
using parentheses as needed for grouping.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B EDIRECT_PUBMED_MASTER
Local archive directory to use
in the absence of \fB\-path\fP/\fB\-master\fP.
Expected to hold an absolute path;
mandatory when not supplying a path on the command line.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR entrez\-phrase\-search (1),
.BR fetch\-pubmed (1),
.BR index\-pubmed (1),
.BR rchive (1),
.BR xtract (1).