EPOST(1)

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✨ EPOST(1) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to epost 💖 this is the NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual page for it, and it's literally the lil cutie that uploads a whole batch of NCBI Entrez record identifiers for you. no cap. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

epost — upload a batch of NCBI Entrez record identifiers 🦋

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

epost [-help] [-db name] [-id ID(s)] [-format fmt] [-input filename]

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does she DO. epost uploads a batch of record identifiers — and those can be either textual accessions or numeric UIDs — to the Entrez history servers, so that other Entrez Direct commands can process them later. it's giving teamwork. it's giving pipeline main character energy. ✨

and by default? she reads those identifiers from standard input. just vibing, waiting for you to feed her. 🌈

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

  • -help — print usage information. the "hey what do I do" button 🙈
  • -db name — indicate that the identifiers are from the specified database. tell her where your IDs are coming from, she's nosy like that 💅
  • -id ID(s) — specify identifiers directly. just hand them over right here, no stdin required 🫶
  • -format fmt — uid or acc(ession). pick your format, bestie ⭐
  • -input filename — read from filename instead of standard input. and lowkey the best part: standard input is then free to receive pipeline state from other Entrez Direct commands 😭🔥 it's the multitasking queen

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

mwah 💜 that's the whole page, you ate it. this lil masterpiece came to you from NCBI, dated 2025-05-26, and it's version EPOST(1) of the manual, periodt. 🎀✨ go upload something iconic bestie 🌸

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