ESPELL(1)

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💅 ESPELL(1) 💅

ok so this is espell from the NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual, bestie. buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

espell — spell-correct an NCBI Entrez query (DEPRECATED) 😭

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

espell (edirect -spell) [-help] -db name -q[uery] str

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

⚠️ heads up bestie: espell will not appear in future releases of NCBI Entrez Direct. it's giving legacy. it's giving retirement era. 💀

but the good news?? esearch continues to accept -spell so the vibe lives on, just in a different place. periodt. 👑

what does espell actually do though? it produces an NCBI eSpellResult XML document. that document tells you what changes, if any, esearch -spell would make to the query you handed it. so it's like a lil preview / vibe check of the spelling correction, before you commit. 🔍✨

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • -help — prints usage information. your classic "wait how does this work again" button. 🙈
  • -db name — the Entrez database name. which db are we talking to, bestie? 🗂️
  • -q, -query str — the query string. this is the thing getting spell-corrected. 🍓

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

edirect(1), esearch(1). go read those too, iykyk. 🫶

and that's the whole thing!! this page is from NCBI, dated 2021-03-07 — mwah, iconic, no notes. 💜🧚⭐

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