dbshowdat1e
Show possible database queries that return a given data type
Usage
dbshowdat -datatype
string
-database
string
-identifier
string
[-outfile
outfile]
[-html
boolean]
dbshowdat -help
Overview
dbshowdat is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Information" command group(s).
Options
Input section
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-datatype string -
This is the name of a retrievable datatype from the catalogue of public databases in the EMBOSS data file DRCAT.dat. The names are terms from the 'data' branch of the EDAM ontology, http://edamontology.sourceforge.net/. If you are unsure of the available retrievable datatypes for a given database, use dbtellquery. If you have a datatype name but are not sure its valid, use isdbdata.
Required section
Additional section
Advanced section
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-database string -
This is the name of a database from the catalogue of public databases in the EMBOSS data file DRCAT.dat. If you are unsure of the available databases use dbfind. If you have a database name but are not sure its valid, use isdbname.
-
-identifier string -
This is a data identifier (e.g. a sequence accession number) that is used to specify the data (of type 'datatype') to retrieve. If you're unsure of the data identifier(s) that are used for a given query (database/datatype) use dbtellquery. The types of data identifier are listed under the 'Data identifier' branch of the EDAM ontology (http://edamontology.sourceforge.net/). For example values, see the catalogue of public databases in the EMBOSS data file DRCAT.dat. If you have a data identifier but are unsure of its type, use idtell.
Output section
-
-outfile outfile -
Default value: stdout
Html section
-
-html boolean -
If you are sending the output to a file, this will format it for displaying as a table in a WWW document. Default value: N
Releases
Unchanged in 7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy).