---
name: "download-pubmed"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-entrez-direct"
version: "24.0.20250523+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/download-pubmed"
---

# download-pubmed(1)

download an NCBI PubMed archive dump

## NAME

download-pubmed - download an NCBI PubMed archive dump

## SYNOPSIS

**download-pubmed** \[**-ftp**\|**-http**\[**s**\]\] \[*section...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**download-pubmed** downloads one or more sections of NCBI's PubMed archive to the current directory. When run without arguments, it downloads the **baseline** and **updatefiles** sections.

## OPTIONS

- **-ftp**

  Download via FTP (default).

- **-http**\[**s**\]

  Download via HTTPS.

- *section...*

  Archive section(s) to download.

## SEE ALSO

[**archive-pubmed**(1)](/archive-pubmed/1.md), [**download-flatfile**(1)](/download-flatfile/1.md), [**download-ncbi-data**(1)](/download-ncbi-data/1.md), [**download-pmc**(1)](/download-pmc/1.md), [**download-sequence**(1)](/download-sequence/1.md), [**nquire**(1)](/nquire/1.md), [**pm-prepare**(1)](/pm-prepare/1.md), [**pm-refresh**(1)](/pm-refresh/1.md), [**refseq-nm-cds**(1)](/refseq-nm-cds/1.md), [**rchive**(1)](/rchive/1.md), [**transmute**(1)](/transmute/1.md), [**xfetch**(1)](/xfetch/1.md), [**xinfo**(1)](/xinfo/1.md), [**xlink**(1)](/xlink/1.md), [**xsearch**(1)](/xsearch/1.md).