einfo

Provides the number of records indexed in each field of a given database, the date of the last update of the database, and the available links from the database to other Entrez databases. More information: <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179288/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/einfo.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install ebook-tools-dbg
Ubuntu
apt-get install ncbi-entrez-direct
Alpine
apk add openrc
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S ebook-tools
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install openrc
Fedora
dnf install ebook-tools
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ncbi-entrez-direct
OS X
brew install ebook-tools
Raspbian
apt-get install openrc
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/einfo einfo powered by Commando

Provides the number of records indexed in each field of a given database, the date of the last update of the database, and the available links from the database to other Entrez databases. More information: <https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK179288/>.

  • Print all database names:
    einfo -dbs
  • Print all information of the protein database in XML format:
    einfo -db protein
  • Print all fields of the nuccore database:
    einfo -db nuccore -fields
  • Print all links of the protein database:
    einfo -db protein -links

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