NAME
epost - upload a batch of NCBI Entrez record identifiers
SYNOPSIS
epost [-help] [-db name] [-id ID(s)] [-format fmt] [-input filename]
DESCRIPTION
epost uploads a batch of record identifiers (textual accessions or numeric UIDs) to Entrez history servers for processing by other Entrez Direct commands. By default, it reads these identifiers from standard input.
OPTIONS
- -help
-
Print usage information.
- -db name
-
Indicate that the identifiers are from the specified database.
- -id ID(s)
-
Specify identifiers directly.
- -format fmt
-
uid or acc(ession).
- -input filename
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Read from filename instead of standard input (which is then free to receive pipeline state from other Entrez Direct commands).