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DOWNLOAD-FLATFILE(1) NCBI Entrez Direct User's Manual DOWNLOAD-FLATFILE(1)

download-flatfile - download consolidated NCBI GenBank flatfiles.

download-flatfile [-ftp|-http[s]] [-verify|-validate] division ...

download-validate downloads one or more divisions of NCBI's GenBank flatfile archive to the current directory, or checks existing downloads.

Download via FTP (default).
Download via HTTPS.
Check existing downloads and remove any corrupt or empty files.
Division(s) to download.

csv2xml(1), download-ncbi-data(1), download-pmc(1), download-pubmed(1), download-sequence(1), nquire(1), rchive(1), transmute(1), xtract(1).

2025-05-26 NCBI