ecollect1
List ncbi entrez unique identifiers
Usage
ecollect -db
name
-web
str
-key
N
[{-days | -reldate
N}]
[-datetype
field]
[-mindate
date]
[-maxdate
date]
ecollect -db
name
-query
str
[{-days | -reldate
N}]
[-datetype
field]
[-mindate
date]
[-maxdate
date]
ecollect {-db
name
-id
str ... | -rest
str | -input
file}
Overview
ecollect lists unique identifiers from NCBI Entrez, either corresponding to a live query or explicitly supplied. In either case, it presents them one per line in numerical order with any duplicates consolidated.
Options
Source Specification
-
-db name -
Entrez database name. Mandatory even when explicitly supplying UIDs.
-
-web str -
NCBI
WebEnvvalue corresponding to a previous query, optionally subject to further filtering by date.
-
-key N -
That query's number.
-
-query str -
Query string.
-idstr ...|-reststr-
Existing UID(s) to format; may be internally delimited by whitespace and any punctuation other than . or
_.
-
-input file -
Read UIDs from the specified file.
Date Constraint
-days|-reldateN-
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.