ESEARCH(1)

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✨ ESEARCH(1) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to esearch 💖 — it's part of the NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual, and it's literally the tool that searches an NCBI Entrez database. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

esearch — search an NCBI Entrez database 🔍✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

esearch [-help] -db name -query str [-sort field] [-days N]
[-datetype field] [-mindate date] [-maxdate date] [-spell] [-translate]
[-component]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so like, esearch searches an NCBI Entrez database for a given query. that's it, that's the job, and it eats every single time 👑

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

🍓 Query Specification 🍓

  • -db name — the Entrez database name. tell it where you're searching, bestie.
  • -query str — the query string. this is the thing you're actually asking for 💬

🌈 Document Order 🌈

  • -sort field — sort the results by the given field. yes queen, organize 📚

🧚 Date Constraint 🧚

  • -days N — only give me results from the past N days. fresh only ✨
  • -datetype field — which date field (in abbreviated form) to consider. pick your date lane 🗓️
  • -mindate date — start of the date range. the beginning of the era 💫
  • -maxdate date — end of the date range. the cutoff, periodt 🛑

💀 Spell Check 💀

  • -spell — correct misspellings in the query. we all typo sometimes, it's fine, it's giving grace 🙈

👑 Query Translation 👑

  • -translate — show the automatic term mapping. let it cook and show you its work 🔥
  • -component — individual term mapping items. the little pieces of the mapping, one by one 🧩

⭐ Miscellaneous Arguments ⭐

  • -help — print usage information. when you're lost, ask for help, it's not embarrassing 🫶

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

cit2pmid(1), combine-uid-lists(1), difference-uid-lists(1), ecollect(1), efetch(1), efilter(1), elink(1), exclude-uid-lists(1), intersect-uid-lists(1), nquire(1), xfetch(1), xfilter(1), xlink(1), xsearch(1). the whole friend group, go say hi 💜

ok that's the page, bestie, you're officially an esearch girlie now 💅

NCBI · 2025-05-26 · ESEARCH(1) — mwah, go search something iconic 💖🦋🎀

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