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NQUIRE(1) NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual NQUIRE(1)

NAME

nquire - query NCBI Entrez Utilities, other parameter-based web services, or FTP

SYNOPSIS

nquire [-help] [-ftp host dir [file]] [-get [fIURL]] [-url URL] [-lst host dir] [-eutils name] [-dwn host dir [file]] [-asp host dir [file]] [component ...] [-tag value ...] [-examples] [-version]

DESCRIPTION

nquire performs raw HTTP(S) queries against web services such as NCBI E-Utilities that take GET or POST parameters, or downloads or listings from FTP and Aspera servers. (Aspera support requires installing proprietary client software.)

OPTIONS

Documentation

Print usage information, complete with a few examples, some additionally illustrating the use of xtract(1).

Query Commands

Use FTP instead of HTTP. The shell implementation accepts a filename on the command line only when invoked from a (pseudo)terminal, and otherwise reads filenames from standard input.
Use HTTP(S) GET instead of POST.
Base URL for external search.
Lists contents of FTP site.

File Downloads

Like -ftp, but saves contents to correspondingly named files in the current directory.
Like -dwn, but uses Aspera's proprietary client if installed.
Add /component to the base URL. (Must precede any tag/value pairs.)
Add &tag=value,... to the base URL. (Must follow any simple components.)
Examples of advanced queries.
Print version number.

SEE ALSO

curl(1), download-ncbi-data(1), edirect(1), efetch(1), efilter(1), einfo(1), elink(1), esearch(1), ftp-cp(1), ftp-ls(1), wget(1), xtract(1).

2021-03-07 NCBI