---
name: "whichdb"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/whichdb"
---

# whichdb(1e)

Search all sequence databases for an entry and retrieve it

## NAME

whichdb - Search all sequence databases for an entry and retrieve it

## SYNOPSIS

**whichdb** **-entry** *string* **-get** *toggle* **-showall** *boolean* **-outfile** *outfile*

**whichdb** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**whichdb** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Data retrieval:Sequence data" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-entry** *string*

  ### Output section

- **-get** *toggle*

  Default value: N

- **-showall** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  ## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

whichdb is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.