showdb writes out a simple table displaying the names, contents, and available ways to access the sequence databases. Display information on the currently available databases: % showdb Write out the display to a file: % showdb -outfile showdb.out Display information on one explicit database: % showdb -database swissprot Display information on the databases formatted for inclusion in HTML: % showdb -html Display protein databases only: % showdb -nonucleic Display the information with no headings: % showdb -noheading Display just a list of the available database names: % showdb -noheading -notype -noid -noquery -noall -nocomment -auto Display only the names and types: % showdb -only -type Optional qualifiers: - -database (string)
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Name of a single database to give information on. - -html (boolean)
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Format output as an HTML table. - -[no]protein (boolean)
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Display protein databases. - -[no]nucleic (boolean)
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Display nucleic acid databases. - -release (boolean)
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Display "release" column. - -outfile (outfile)
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If you enter the name of a file here, this program writes the database details into that file. Advanced qualifiers: - -only (boolean)
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This is a way of shortening the command line if you only want a few things to be displayed. Instead of specifying: -nohead -notype -noid -noquery -noall to get only the comment output, you can specify -only -comment. - -heading (boolean)
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Display column headings. - -type (boolean)
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Display "type" column. - -id (boolean)
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Display "id" column. - -query (boolean)
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Display "qry" column. - -all (boolean)
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Display "all" column. - -comment (boolean)
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Display "comment" column. |