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Download all medline citations from ncbi
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download-medline-data.sh
#!/bin/bash
# downloads all MEDLINE/Pubmed citations in the annual baseline.
for i in $(seq 1 972); do
fname="1"
if ((i < 10)); then
fname="ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/baseline/pubmed19n000$i.xml.gz"
elif ((i < 100)); then
fname="ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/baseline/pubmed19n00$i.xml.gz"
elif ((i < 1000)); then
fname="ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/baseline/pubmed19n0$i.xml.gz"
fi
echo $fname;
wget $fname;
sleep 2;
done
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