NAME

       ncbi_search - visually comparing bacterial, plasmid, chloroplast, or mitochondrial sequences

DESCRIPTION

   USAGE:
              ncbi_search -q STRING -o FILE -d STRING -r STRING [Options]

   DESCRIPTION:
              Uses NCBI's eSearch to download collections of sequences.

   REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:

       -q, --query [STRING]

              Raw query text.

       -o, --output [FILE]

              Output  file  to  create.  If  the  split  option  is given, this should be a directory, where the
              returned records will be written. If the directory does not exist it will be created.

       -d, --database [STRING]

              Name of the NCBI database to search, such as 'nucleotide', 'protein', or 'gene'.

       -r, --return_type [STRING]

              The type of information requested. For sequences 'fasta' is often used.  The accepted formats vary
              depending on the database being queried.

       -s, --split

              Return each record as a separate file where the file name will will be the accesssion  id  of  the
              record. This option only works if the return_type is 'gb' or 'gbwithparts'.

       -m, --max_records [INTEGER]

              The maximum number of records to return (default is to return all matches satisfying the query).

       -v, --verbose

              Provide progress messages.

       -h, --help

              Show this message.

   EXAMPLE:
              ncbi_search -q 'dysphagia AND homo sapiens[ORGN]' \

       -o results.txt -d pubmed -r uilist -m 100

AUTHOR

       This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage
       of the program.

ncbi_search 20170919                               August 2018                                    NCBI_SEARCH(1)