NAME¶

einfo.pl - query einfo to find all available databases or information about a
specific database (field information or links to other NCBI
databases)

SYNOPSIS¶

 einfo [-d database] [-f Field Code] [-l Link Name] [-o outfile]

DESCRIPTION¶

Command line options:

  -e/--email
        Valid email (required by NCBI policy)
  -d/--db/--database
        NCBI database to query
        (default = none, which shows available databases)
        
  -f/--field
        print out information about a specific field code
        (default = none)
        
  -l/--link
        print out information about a specific link name
        (default = none)
        
  -o/--out
        outfile
        (default = STDOUT)
        
  -h/--help
        show this documentation

As per NCBI's policy regarding eutils access, a valid email is required. This is not enforced here (if one is provided you will get a standard warning), but don't be surprised if this doesn't work after June 1, 2010 unless one is supplied. If -d is not specified, field and link arguments are ignored and all available databases are printed instead. If either link names or field codes (or both) are specified, nothing else is printed out (only the info requested). You can specify as many fields and/or links as you want by using multiple -f/-l <ARG> on the command line.

AUTHOR - Chris Fields¶

Chris Fields cjfields at bioperl dot org