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ESEARCH

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
Query Specification
Document Order
Date Constraint
Spell Check
Query Translation
Miscellaneous Arguments
SEE ALSO

NAME

esearch - search an NCBI Entrez database

SYNOPSIS

esearch [ -help ] -db name -query str [ -sort field ] [ -days N ] [ -datetype field ] [ -mindate date ] [ -maxdate date ] [ -spell ] [ -translate ] [ -component ]

DESCRIPTION

esearch searches an NCBI Entrez database for a given query.

OPTIONS

Query Specification

-db name

Entrez database name.

-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.

SEE ALSO

cit2pmid (1), combine-uid-lists (1), difference-uid-lists (1), ecollect (1), efetch (1), efilter (1), elink (1), exclude-uid-lists (1), intersect-uid-lists (1), nquire (1), xfetch (1), xfilter (1), xlink (1), xsearch (1).