NAME

getpub - look up Medline entries by UID

SYNOPSIS

getpub [-] [-b] [-i filename] [-o filename] [-t filename] [-u N]

DESCRIPTION

getpub does an lookup for Medline entries by Medline UID. It requires its input to have been indexed by indexpub(1).

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-

Print usage message

-b

Output data is binary (rather than ASCII text) ASN.1.

-i filename

Input data (binary Pub-set; default = medline.val)

-o filename

Output data (default = stdout)

-t filename

Input index table (default = medline.idx)

-u N

Medline UID to find (default = 88055872)

AUTHOR

The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

SEE ALSO

getmesh(1), indexpub(1)