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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¶
- -db name
- Entrez database name.
- -query str
- Query string.
Document Order¶
- -sort field
- Sort results by the given field.
Date Constraint¶
- -days N
- Return only results from the past N days.
- -datetype field
- Which date field (in abbreviated form) to consider.
- -mindate date
- Start of date range.
- -maxdate date
- End of date range.
Spell Check¶
- -spell
- Correct misspellings in query.
Query Translation¶
- -translate
- Show automatic term mapping.
- -component
- Individual term mapping items.
Miscellaneous Arguments¶
- -help
- 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 |