---
name: "insdseqget"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-tools-bin"
version: "6.1.20170106+dfsg2-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/insdseqget"
---

# insdseqget(1)

format sequences from GenBank as an XML INSDSet

## NAME

insdseqget - format sequences from GenBank as an XML INSDSet

## SYNOPSIS

**insdseqget** \[**-**\] \[**-d** *filename*\] \[**-i** *filename*\] \[**-m** *n/p/b*\] \[**-n**\] \[**-o** *filename*\] \[**-v**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**insdseqget** retrieves biological sequence data from GenBank (according to an input list of GI accession numbers) and prints it out as an XML INSDSet document.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-**

  Print usage message

- **-d** *filename*

  Input file name for date list (desired accessions, one per line, followed by a blank line and a list of allowed dates, also one per line)

- **-i** *filename*

  Input file name for GI list (default = stdin)

- **-m** *n/p/b*

  Molecule type:

  - n

    Nucleotide (default)

  - p

    Protein

  - b

    Both

- **-n**

  Return only new records (for which the given GI refers to an old version)

- **-o** *filename*

  Output file name for the XML INSDSet (default = stdout)

- **-v**

  Fetch SNP Variations

## AUTHOR

The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

## SEE ALSO

[**asn2gb**(1)](/asn2gb/1.md), [**gbseqget**(1)](/gbseqget/1.md).