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

NAME

xsearch - search an indexed local NCBI Entrez Direct archive

SYNOPSIS

xsearch [-h[elp]|[--]help] -query|-match|-exact|-title|-words|-pairs query...

DESCRIPTION

xsearch searches an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive as prepared by archive-pubmed(1) or the like.

OPTIONS

Search on words or phrases in Boolean formulas.
Perform ranked partial term matching.
Strict search for article round-tripping.
Exact search limited to indexed title field.
Combine searches for individual informative words.
Combine searches for pairs of adjacent informative words.
What to search for; may contain standard Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT, using parentheses as needed for grouping.
Print a summary of options and some usage examples.

ENVIRONMENT

Local archive directory to use; expected to hold an absolute path.

SEE ALSO

archive-nihocc(1), archive-nlmnlp(1), archive-nmcds(1), archive-pids(1), archive-pmc(1), archive-pubmed(1), archive-taxonomy(1), cit2pmid(1), combine-uid-lists(1), difference-uid-lists(1), download-ncbi-data(1), download-pmc(1), download-pubmed(1), ecollect(1), edict(1), efetch(1), elink(1), esearch(1), exclude-uid-lists(1), filter-stop-words(1), intersect-uid-lists(1), just-top-hits(1), pair-at-a-time(1), pm-refresh(1), rchive(1), word-at-a-time(1), xfetch(1), xfilter(1), xinfo(1), xlink(1), xsearch(1), xtract(1).

2025-05-26 NCBI