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EPOST

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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NAME

epost - upload a batch of NCBI Entrez record identifiers

SYNOPSIS

epost [ -help ] [ -db name ] [ -id ID(s) ] [ -format fmt ] [ -input filename ]

DESCRIPTION

epost uploads a batch of record identifiers (textual accessions or numeric UIDs) to Entrez history servers for processing by other Entrez Direct commands. By default, it reads these identifiers from standard input.

OPTIONS

-help

Print usage information.

-db name

Indicate that the identifiers are from the specified database.

-id ID(s)

Specify identifiers directly.

-format fmt

uid or acc (ession).

-input filename

Read from filename instead of standard input (which is then free to receive pipeline state from other Entrez Direct commands).

SEE ALSO

elink (1), nquire (1), pm-refresh (1).