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| % taxgetdown ttax:9605 -oformat excel Get descendants of taxon(s) Taxon output file [9605.excel]: | 
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Get descendants of taxon(s)
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0
   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-taxons]            taxon      Taxon filename and optional format, or
                                  reference (input query)
  [-outfile]           outtaxon   (no help text) outtaxon value
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none)
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:
   "-taxons" associated qualifiers
   -iformat1           string     Input taxonomy format
   -iquery1            string     Input query fields or ID list
   -ioffset1           integer    Input start position offset
   -idbname1           string     User-provided database name
   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory2        string     Output directory
   -oformat2           string     Taxonomy output format
   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options and exit. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages
   -version            boolean    Report version number and exit
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| Qualifier | Type | Description | Allowed values | Default | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | ||||
| [-taxons] (Parameter 1) | taxon | Taxon filename and optional format, or reference (input query) | NCBI taxonomy entries | |
| [-outfile] (Parameter 2) | outtaxon | (no help text) outtaxon value | NCBI taxonomy entries | |
| Additional (Optional) qualifiers | ||||
| (none) | ||||
| Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | ||||
| (none) | ||||
| Associated qualifiers | ||||
| "-taxons" associated taxon qualifiers | ||||
| -iformat1 -iformat_taxons | string | Input taxonomy format | Any string | |
| -iquery1 -iquery_taxons | string | Input query fields or ID list | Any string | |
| -ioffset1 -ioffset_taxons | integer | Input start position offset | Any integer value | 0 | 
| -idbname1 -idbname_taxons | string | User-provided database name | Any string | |
| "-outfile" associated outtaxon qualifiers | ||||
| -odirectory2 -odirectory_outfile | string | Output directory | Any string | |
| -oformat2 -oformat_outfile | string | Taxonomy output format | Any string | |
| General qualifiers | ||||
| -auto | boolean | Turn off prompts | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -stdout | boolean | Write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -filter | boolean | Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -options | boolean | Prompt for standard and additional values | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -debug | boolean | Write debug output to program.dbg | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -verbose | boolean | Report some/full command line options | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -help | boolean | Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -warning | boolean | Report warnings | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -error | boolean | Report errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -fatal | boolean | Report fatal errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -die | boolean | Report dying program messages | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -version | boolean | Report version number and exit | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
The input is a standard EMBOSS taxonomy query.
The expected source of taxonomy information is the NCBI Taxonomy database "taxon" which is available as a standard database in all EMBOSS installations.
Data can also be read from taxonomy output in "ncbi" format written by an EMBOSS application.
See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/TaxonFormats.html for further information on taxon formats.
| id: 9605 parent: 207598 rank: genus emblprefix: division: 5 divflag: 1 gencode: 1 gcflag: 1 mitocode: 2 mgcflag 1 hidden: 1 nosequence: 1 scientific name: Homo authority: Homo Linnaeus, 1758 | 
The results can be output in one of several styles by using the command-line qualifier -oformat xxx, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. The available format names are: ncbi, ebi, tax, excel.
See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/TaxonFormats.html for further information on taxon formats.
| 9606 9605 species Y Homo sapiens 741158 9605 species Y Homo sp. Altai | 
| Program name | Description | 
|---|---|
| taxget | Get taxon(s) | 
| taxgetrank | Get parents of taxon(s) | 
| taxgetspecies | Get all species under taxon(s) | 
| taxgetup | Get parents of taxon(s) | 
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