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

NAME

epost - upload a batch of NCBI Entrez record identifiers

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

epost uploads a batch of record identifiers (textual accessions or numeric UIDs) to Entrez history servers for processing by other edirect commands. By default, it reads these identifiers from standard input.

OPTIONS

-help
Print usage information.
-db name
Indicate that the identifiers are from the specified database.
-id ID(s)
Specify identifiers directly.
-format fmt
uid or acc(ession).
-input filename
Read from filename instead of standard input (which is then free to receive pipeline state from other edirect commands).
-label name
Alias for query step.

SEE ALSO

edirect(1), elink(1).
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