---
name: "entrcmd"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-tools-bin"
version: "6.1.20061015-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/entrcmd"
---

# entrcmd(1)

non-interactive command line interface for Entrez

## NAME

entrcmd - non-interactive command line interface for Entrez

## SYNOPSIS

**entrcmd** \[**-**\] \[**-c**\] \[**-d** *str*\] \[**-e** *str*\] \[**-f**\] \[**-g F**\] \[**-h**\] \[**-i** *str*\] \[**-l** *str*\] \[**-n** *filename*\] \[**-o** *filename*\] **-p** *str* \[**-r**\] \[**-s**\] \[**-t** *str*\] \[**-u** *str*\] \[**-w** *str*\] \[**-x** *str*\] \[**-y** *N*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**entrcmd** is a non-interactive command-line interface which allows a user to perform a series of neighboring and output operations, based upon an initial set of UIDs or a boolean expression which describes a set of UIDs.  Alternatively, it can be used to display an alphabetically sorted list of terms near an initial term.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-**

  Print usage message

- **-c**

  'Check' WWW output Forms

- **-d** *str*

  Initial database (default = m)

- **-e** *str*

  Boolean expression

- **-f**

  For WWW output, use Forms

- **-g F**

  Do not use WWW-style encoding for special input characters

- **-h**

  Print detailed help.  Requires, but ignores, **-p** *str*

- **-i** *str*

  Comma-delimited list of files to import for named UID list

- **-l** *str*

  Taxonomy lookup string

- **-n** *filename*

  On-the-fly neighboring from *filename*

- **-o** *filename*

  Output file (default = stdout)

- **-p** *str*

  Program of commands

- **-r**

  Get sequences from ID Repository

- **-s**

  Display status report

- **-t** *str*

  Produce a list of terms

- **-u** *str*

  Comma-delimited list of UIDs

- **-w** *str*

  Produce WWW/HTML formatted output, using *str* (/htbin is recommended) as the directory prefix for linked hypertext items.

- **-x** *str*

  Name of export file for named UID list

- **-y** *N*

  Complexity:

  - 1

    bioseq only

  - 2

    bioseq set

  - 3

    nuc-prot set (default)

## AUTHOR

The National Center for Biotechnology Information.