---
name: "filter-genbank"
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/filter-genbank"
---

# filter-genbank(1)

filter structured files

## NAME

filter-genbank, filter-record - filter structured files

## SYNOPSIS

**filter-genbank** \[**-accession** *acc*\|**-accessions** *file*\] \[**-taxid** *id*\|**-taxids** *file*\] \[**-organism** *name*\] \[**-exclude** *str*\] \[**-require** *str*\] \[**-truncate**\]

**filter-record** \[**-pattern** *str*\] \[**-exclude** *str*\] \[**-require** *str*\] \[**-min** *N*\] \[**-max** *N*\]

## DESCRIPTION

These commands simply invoke corresponding [**transmute**(1)](/transmute/1.md) modes; each reads a stream of data from standard input, filters it as desired, and writes the result to standard output. Specifically, **filter-genbank** corresponds to **transmute -gbf**, filtering NCBI GenBank/GenPept release flatfiles, and **filter-record** corresponds to **transmute -txf**, filtering any text file whose records all start with the same distinct string.

## OPTIONS

See [**transmute**(1)](/transmute/1.md).

## SEE ALSO

[**transmute**(1)](/transmute/1.md),