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Behavior:

  • Retrieves taxonomic information from the local taxonomy database.
  • Accepts Taxonomy IDs or scientific names as input.
  • By default, outputs detailed information in a custom format.
  • Use --tsv to output results as tab-separated values.

Input:

  • Accepts one or more Taxonomy IDs or scientific names.
  • Terms can be provided as positional arguments.

Output:

  • Default format shows detailed taxonomic information.
  • TSV output includes: tax_id, sci_name, rank, division.
  • By default, output is written to standard output.
  • Use --outfile to write to a file instead.

Examples:

  1. Get information for a single taxon nwr info 9606

  2. Get information for multiple taxa nwr info 9606 10090 10116

  3. Output as TSV nwr info Homo_sapiens --tsv

  4. Use scientific names nwr info "Homo sapiens" "Mus musculus"