einfo — Provides the number of records indexed in each database field, the last update date of the database,

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

einfo — Provides the number of records indexed in each database field, the last update date 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

tldr-pages: linux/einfo