nquire - query NCBI Entrez Utilities, other parameter-based web
services, or FTP
nquire [-help]
[-ftp host dir [file]]
[-url URL] [-get [URL]]
[-len URL]
[-lst host dir]
[-dir host dir]
[-eutils name]
[-dwn host dir [file]]
[-asp host dir [file]]
[-ncbi|-eutils|-pubchem|-pugrest|-pugview]
[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.
- -url URL
- Base URL for external search.
- -get [URL]
- Use HTTP(S) GET instead of POST.
- -len URL
- Content length of HTTP file.
- -lst host dir
- Lists contents of FTP site.
- -dir host dir
- FTP listing with file sizes.
-url Shortcuts
- -ncbi
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- -eutils
- https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils
- -pubchem
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- -pugrest
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug
- -pugview
- https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug_view
- 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.)
cit2pmid(1), curl(1), download-ncbi-data(1),
download-ncbi-software(1), download-pmc(1),
download-pubmed(1), edict(1), efetch(1),
efilter(1), einfo(1), elink(1), esearch(1),
wget(1), xtract(1).