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There should be a command line argument which allows the user to write the sequence to a given filename instead of copying to the clipboard.

From Professor Miller's response to my first submission:

People who actually like command line interfaces better than GUIs are basically an impatient lot who don’t like to type more than is absolutely necessary. Try not to give them a freeform question that you have to edit later. When possible offer a default with a menu of choices. This also applies to simple confirmations — keep it simple and limit typing. In Unix utilities you often see something like, "Is this Ok? (Y or n): “ -- where the most common response would be to simply hit the enter key. This is easier for the user and easier for you the programmer to handle (if answer =~ /n/i start-over else go-on.)

From Professor Miller's response to my first submission:

Your test runs should include inputs that test each arm of each of your if statements. In this case it would include running without internet, running with non-existent accession number and running with a search that returns Count > 1 (this last might be most easily done sort of like the wildcards we discussed yesterday e.g. NM_00051*)