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NAME
       ecitmatch - look up a citation's PubMed ID


SYNOPSIS
       ecitmatch (edirect -citmatch) [-help] [-journal title] [-year year] [-volume N] [-page N] [-author name]


DESCRIPTION
       ecitmatch  prints  (to  standard output) the numeric PubMed identifier for a specified article.  If there
       were multiple matches, it substitutes a parenthesized expression of the  form  (n citations).   If  there
       were no matches, it prints nothing at all.


OPTIONS
       -help  Print a summary of available options.

       -journal title
              Match  only  articles  whose  journal  has  the  given title (which may be specified as a standard
              abbreviation).

       -year year
              Match only articles published in the given year.

       -volume N
              Match only articles with the given volume number.

       -page N
              Match only articles starting on the given page number.

       -author name
              Match only articles with the given author name (may be partial; may not be repeated).


SEE ALSO
       edirect(1).