nquire - query NCBI Entrez Utilities, other parameter-based web
services, or FTP
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]
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.)
- -help
- Print usage information, complete with a few examples, some additionally
illustrating the use of xtract(1).
- -ftp host dir [file]
- 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.
- -get [fIURL]
- Use HTTP(S) GET instead of POST.
- -url URL
- Base URL for external search.
- -lst host dir
- Lists contents of FTP site.
- -dwn host dir [file]
- Like -ftp, but saves contents to correspondingly named files in the
current directory.
- -asp host dir [file]
- Like -dwn, but uses Aspera's proprietary client if installed.
- component
- Add /component to the base URL. (Must precede any tag/value
pairs.)
- -tag value ...
- Add &tag=value,... to the base URL. (Must follow any
simple components.)
- -examples
- Examples of advanced queries.
- -version
- Print version number.
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).