NAME

       ncbi_search  -  visually  comparing  bacterial,  plasmid,  chloroplast,  or  mitochondrial
       sequences

DESCRIPTION

   USAGE:
              ncbi_search -q STRING -o FILE -d STRING -r STRING [Options]

   DESCRIPTION:
              Uses NCBI's eSearch to download collections of sequences.

   REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:
       -q, --query [STRING]

              Raw query text.

       -o, --output [FILE]

              Output file to create. If the split option is given, this should  be  a  directory,
              where the returned records will be written. If the directory does not exist it will
              be created.

       -d, --database [STRING]

              Name of the NCBI database to search, such as 'nucleotide', 'protein', or 'gene'.

       -r, --return_type [STRING]

              The type of information requested.  For  sequences  'fasta'  is  often  used.   The
              accepted formats vary depending on the database being queried.

       -s, --split

              Return  each  record  as  a  separate  file  where  the  file name will will be the
              accesssion id of the record. This option only works if the return_type is  'gb'  or
              'gbwithparts'.

       -m, --max_records [INTEGER]

              The  maximum  number  of  records  to  return  (default  is  to  return all matches
              satisfying the query).

       -v, --verbose

              Provide progress messages.

       -h, --help

              Show this message.

   EXAMPLE:
              ncbi_search -q 'dysphagia AND homo sapiens[ORGN]' \

       -o results.txt -d pubmed -r uilist -m 100

AUTHOR

       This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used  for
       any other usage of the program.