NAME
elink - look up related NCBI Entrez records
SYNOPSIS
elink [-help] [-related] [-target dbname] [-name name] [-db name] [-id ID(s)] [-input filename] [-cmd command] [-cited] [-cites]
DESCRIPTION
elink follows links between Entrez databases, either extending an existing Entrez Direct pipeline or honoring explicit -db and -id (or -input) options.
OPTIONS
Destination
Database
-related
Look up neighbors in the same database.
-target dbname
Follow links to another database.
-name name
Follow an explicit link name such as pubmed_protein_refseq, pubmed_pubmed_citedin, or pubmed_pubmed_refs.
Direct
Record Selection
-db name
Entrez database name for immediate lookups.
-id ID(s)
Unique identifier(s) for immediate lookups.
-input filename
Read identifer(s) from file instead of standard input.
Advanced
Control
-cmd command
Command type (returns
eLinkResult XML):
history
Save results in Entrez history server
neighbor
Neighbors or links
neighbor_score
Neighbors with computed similarity scores
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acheck |
All links available |
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ncheck |
Existence of neighbors |
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lcheck |
Existence of external links (LinkOuts) |
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llinks |
Non-library LinkOut providers |
llinkslib (Perl) or llibs (shell)
All LinkOut providers
prlinks
Primary LinkOut provider.
PubMed Citation Lookup
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-cited |
References to this paper. |
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-cites |
Publication reference list. |
-cited and -cites use the NIH Open Citation Collection dataset (see PMID 31600197) to follow reference links.
Miscellaneous Arguments
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-help |
Print usage information. |