esearch1
Search an ncbi entrez database
Usage
esearch [-help]
-db
name
-query
str
[-sort
field]
[-days
N]
[-datetype
field]
[-mindate
date]
[-maxdate
date]
[-spell]
[-translate]
[-component]
Overview
esearch searches an NCBI Entrez database for a given query.
Options
Query Specification
-
-db name -
Entrez database name.
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-query str -
Query string.
Document Order
-
-sort field -
Sort results by the given field.
Date Constraint
-
-days N -
Return only results from the past N days.
-
-datetype field -
Which date field (in abbreviated form) to consider.
-
-mindate date -
Start of date range.
-
-maxdate date -
End of date range.
Spell Check
-
-spell -
Correct misspellings in query.
Query Translation
-
-translate -
Show automatic term mapping.
-
-component -
Individual term mapping items.
Miscellaneous Arguments
-
-help -
Print usage information.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.
-component since Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-query since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-translate since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-field until Debian 10 (Buster);
-label until Debian 10 (Buster);
-pairs until Debian 10 (Buster).