esearch

linux

Perform a new Entrez search using terms in indexed fields. It is part of the `edirect` package.

Options (1)

-hboolean

Display help

Example: esearch {{[-h|-help]}}

Search the pubmed database for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

esearch -db pubmed -query "selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor"

Search the protein database using a query and `regex`

esearch -db protein -query 'Escherichia*'

Search the nucleotide database for sequences whose metadata contain insulin and rodents

esearch -db nuccore -query "insulin [PROT] AND rodents [ORGN]"

Display help

esearch [-h|-help]