esearch

Perform a new Entrez search using terms in indexed fields. It is part of the edirect package. More information: <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179288/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/esearch.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install ncbi-entrez-direct
Ubuntu
apt-get install ncbi-entrez-direct
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install ncbi-entrez-direct
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ncbi-entrez-direct
Raspbian
apt-get install ncbi-entrez-direct
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/esearch

Perform a new Entrez search using terms in indexed fields. It is part of the edirect package. More information: <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179288/>.

  • Search the pubmed database for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor:
    esearch -db pubmed -query "selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor"
  • Search the protein database using a query and regexp:
    esearch -db protein -query 'Escherichia*'
  • Search the nucleotide database for sequences whose metadata contain insulin and rodents:
    esearch -db nuccore -query "insulin [PROT] AND rodents [ORGN]"
  • Display [h]elp:
    esearch -h

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