NAME

       phrase-search - search an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive

SYNOPSIS

       phrase-search [-h|-help|--help] [-path|-master dir] [-count|-counts|-search|-exact|-query] query...

DESCRIPTION

       phrase-search searches an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive (as prepared by index-pubmed(1)).

OPTIONS

       -h|-help|--help
              Print usage information.

       -path|-master dir
              Search the local archive in dir.

       -count Print terms and counts, merging wildcards.

       -counts
              Expand wildcards; print individual term counts.

       -search
              Expansive search using stemmed words.

       -exact Strict search for article title round-tripping.

       -query (default mode)
              Search on words or phrases in Boolean formulas.

       query...
              What  to search for; may contain standard Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT, using parentheses as
              needed for grouping.

ENVIRONMENT

       EDIRECT_PUBMED_MASTER
              Local archive directory to use in the absence of -path/-master.   Expected  to  hold  an  absolute
              path; mandatory when not supplying a path on the command line.

SEE ALSO

       entrez-phrase-search(1), fetch-pubmed(1), index-pubmed(1), rchive(1), xtract(1).