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
- -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):
- edirect
-
Instantiate results in ENTREZ_DIRECT message.
- uid
-
Return results as a sorted UID list, with any duplicates consolidated.
- history
-
Save results in Entrez history server.
- neighbor
-
Neighbors or links.
- 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.
- llibs
-
All LinkOut providers.
- prlinks
-
Primary LinkOut provider.
PubMed Citation Lookup
- -cited
-
References to this paper.
- -cites
-
Publication reference list.
-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
ecollect(1), efetch(1), efilter(1), einfo(1), epost(1), esearch(1), nquire(1), xfetch(1), xfilter(1), xlink(1), xsearch(1).