These commands all simply invoke corresponding transmute(1) modes; each reads a stream of data from
standard input, converts it to XML suitable for -path navigation, and writes the result to standard
output. Specifically:
csv2xml corresponds to transmute-c2x, converting comma-separated values to XML.
gbf2ref corresponds to transmute-g2r, converting from GenBank/GenPept flatfile format to Reference
Index XML.
gbf2xml corresponds to transmute-g2x, converting from GenBank/GenPept flatfile format to INSDSeq XML.
json2xml corresponds to transmute-j2x, converting JSON to XML.
scn2xml corresponds to transmute-s2x, converting a semicolon-delimited table to XML.
tbl2xml corresponds to transmute-t2x, converting a tab-delimited table to XML.
There is also an analogous asn2xml wrapper corresponding to transmute-a2x (converting text ASN.1 to
XML), but Debian systems install it to /usr/lib/ncbi-entrez-direct/bin to avoid conflicting with the
ncbi-tools-bin package's asn2xml(1).