---
name: "pm-invert"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-entrez-direct"
version: "14.6.20210224+dfsg-4+b1"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pm-invert"
---

# pm-invert(1)

prepare inverted indexes for a local NCBI PubMed archive

## NAME

pm-invert - prepare inverted indexes for a local NCBI PubMed archive

## SYNOPSIS

**pm-invert** *dir*

## DESCRIPTION

**pm-invert** produces unmerged inverted indexes for the NCBI PubMed XML files in the current directory, placing its own output in *dir*.

## SEE ALSO

[**archive-pubmed**(1)](/archive-pubmed/1.md), [**download-pubmed**(1)](/download-pubmed/1.md), [**index-pubmed**(1)](/index-pubmed/1.md), [**pm-merge**(1)](/pm-merge/1.md), [**rchive**(1)](/rchive/1.md), [**xtract**(1)](/xtract/1.md).