elink1
Look up related ncbi entrez records
Usage
elink [-help]
[-related]
[-target
dbname]
[-name
name]
[-db
name]
[-id
ID(s)]
[-input
filename]
[-cmd
command]
[-cited]
[-cites]
Overview
elink follows links between Entrez databases, either extending an existing Entrez Direct pipeline or honoring explicit -db and -id (or -input) options.
Options
Destination Database
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-target dbname -
Follow links to another database.
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-name name -
Follow an explicit link name such as
pubmed_protein_refseq,pubmed_pubmed_citedin, orpubmed_pubmed_refs.
Direct Record Selection
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-db name -
Entrez database name for immediate lookups.
-
-id ID(s) -
Unique identifier(s) for immediate lookups.
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-input filename -
Read identifer(s) from file instead of standard input.
Advanced Control
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-cmd command -
Command type (returns
eLinkResultXML):edirect-
Instantiate results in
ENTREZ_DIRECTmessage.
uid-
Return results as a sorted UID list, with any duplicates consolidated.
history-
Save results in Entrez history server.
neighbor-
Neighbors or links.
score-
Neighbors with computed similarity scores.
acheck-
All links available.
ncheck-
Existence of neighbors.
lcheck-
Existence of external links (LinkOuts).
llinks-
Non-library LinkOut providers.
llibs-
All LinkOut providers.
prlinks-
Primary LinkOut provider.
PubMed Citation Lookup
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-cited -
References to this paper.
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-cites -
Publication reference list.
-cited and -cites use the NIH Open Citation Collection dataset (see PMID 31600197) to follow reference links.
Miscellaneous Arguments
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-help -
Print usage information.
Releases
5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.
-cited since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-cites since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-input since Debian 12 (Bookworm).
-batch until Debian 10 (Buster);
-holding until Debian 10 (Buster);
-label until Debian 10 (Buster);
-mode until Debian 10 (Buster).