lineage

Behavior:

• Retrieves the lineage of a taxon from root to the specified term.
• Returns the full taxonomic hierarchy including all ranks.
• By default, outputs rank, scientific name, and taxonomy ID for each level.

Input:

• Accepts a single Taxonomy ID or scientific name.
• Use --tsv for tab-separated output format.

Output:

• Default output: rank, scientific_name, tax_id (tab-separated)
• TSV output: rank, scientific_name, tax_id (tab-separated)
• By default, output is written to standard output.
• Use --outfile to write to a file instead.

Examples:

1. Get lineage for a species nwr lineage 9606

2. Get lineage using scientific name nwr lineage "Homo sapiens"

3. Output as TSV nwr lineage 9606 --tsv

4. Write to file nwr lineage 9606 -o lineage.txt