lineage

Behavior:

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

Input:

• Accepts a single Taxonomy ID or scientific name.

Output:

• Output is tab-separated: rank, scientific_name, tax_id.
• 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. Write to file nwr lineage 9606 -o lineage.txt