Use when resolving structured citation fields or citation XML into candidate PubMed IDs with EDirect matching modes.
cit2pmid -title "nucleotide sequences required for tn3 transposition immunity" -author "Kans JA" -author "Casadaban MJ" -journal "J Bacteriol" -year 1989 -volume 171 -issue 4 -page 1904-14/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/cit2pmid-title / -author / -journal fields or compact citation payloads via -asn or -cit.# 1) Query by explicit citation fields (default mode = remote)
/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/cit2pmid \
-title "nucleotide sequences required for tn3 transposition immunity" \
-author "Kans JA" \
-author "Casadaban MJ" \
-journal "J Bacteriol" \
-year 1989 \
-volume 171 \
-issue 4 \
-page 1904-14
# 2) Read compact citation XML from stdin
cat citation.xml | \
/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/cit2pmid -cit -
# 3) Use a local archive-backed matching mode when configured
/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/cit2pmid \
-local \
-title "Example title" \
-author "Smith JA"
-eutils, -local, -exact, or -verify.-asn - / -cit - on stdin.-help and -version are not metadata flags here; the parser treats them as field names and errors with "Missing -help argument" or "Missing -version argument".remote; -local and -exact require local archive infrastructure, while -verify chains local and remote logic.-author arguments are interpreted as first author then last author.