NAME

phrase-search - search an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive

SYNOPSIS

phrase-search [ -h|-help|--help] [ -path dir] -count|-counts|-query|-filter|-link|-exact|-title|-words|-pairs|-fields|-terms|-totals query...|-convert dbas type type [key]|-lookup tag  theme...

DESCRIPTION

phrase-search searches an indexed local NCBI PubMed archive (as prepared by index-pubmed(1)).

OPTIONS

-h|-help|--help
Print usage information.
-path dir
Search the local archive in dir.
-count
Print terms and counts, merging wildcards.
-counts
Expand wildcards; print individual term counts.
-query
Search on words or phrases in Boolean formulas.
-filter
Filter piped-in output from a previous (quite possibly remote) query.
-exact
Strict search for article round-tripping.
-title
Exact search limited to indexed title field.
-link
Follow links by the given tag (e.g. CITED), merging any duplicates.
-words
Combine searches for individual informative words.
-pairs
Combine searches for pairs of adjacent informative words.
-fields|-terms
Interpret the query as a field name, and list that field's known terms. With an empty query, list supported fields.
-totals
Like -fields, but with term counts.
query...
What to search for in the above modes; may contain standard Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT, using parentheses as needed for grouping.
-convert dbas type type [key]
Convert identifiers in the specified database from one type to another, accepting either a single identifier on the command line or a newline-delimited list on standard input. The database may be any of
mesh
Medline subject headings in general
chem
MeSH chemicals
disz
MeSH diseases
gene
Genes
and the type may be any of
Name
official name
Code
internal identifier
Tree
path within MeSH tree (except for gene)
Desc
description (only for gene)
Term
synonym (except for gene)
-lookup tag theme...
Look up cross references between internal identifiers read from standard input, where tag identifies a pair of databases ( e.g., chdi for chemicals and diseases) and theme... are theme codes of particular interest (with p and m standing in for + and - respectively).

ENVIRONMENT

EDIRECT_PUBMED_MASTER
Local archive directory to use in the absence of -path/ -master. Expected to hold an absolute path; mandatory when not supplying a path on the command line.

SEE ALSO

cit2pmid(1), download-ncbi-data(1), edict(1), fetch-pubmed(1), filter-stop-words(1), index-pubmed(1), rchive(1), theme-aliases(1), word-at-a-time(1), xtract(1).