DOWNLOAD-FLATFILE(1)

💖 DOWNLOAD-FLATFILE(1) 💖

NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual 🌸 bestie we are in section 1 and we are DOWNLOADING GENBANK FLATFILES, no cap

✨ NAME ✨

download-flatfile — download consolidated NCBI GenBank flatfiles. 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

download-flatfile [-ftp|-http[s]] [-verify|-validate] division ...

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so. download-validate (yes that's what the page says, I'm just reporting the vibes 🫶) downloads one or more divisions of NCBI's GenBank flatfile archive straight into the current directory, or — plot twist — it checks your existing downloads instead. literally it's giving "get the files" AND "make sure the files aren't sus." main character energy fr fr 💜

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• -ftp — download via FTP. this is the default, so if you just run it with no flags, that's the vibe you're getting ✨
• -http[s] — download via HTTPS instead. secure-ish, slay 🎀
• -verify, -validate — check your existing downloads and remove any corrupt or empty files 💀 so it's a little ruthless, but like, in a helpful way. it's cleaning up your mess bestie 🙈
• division ... — the division(s) to download. one or many, go off 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

csv2xml(1), download-ncbi-data(1), download-pmc(1), download-pubmed(1), download-sequence(1), nquire(1), rchive(1), transmute(1), xtract(1). go read those too, the whole friend group is iconic 🫶

NCBI wrote this one, dated 2025-05-26 — mwah, ty for the lore, periodt 💖✨🎀🦋🌸