.TH ASN2FF 1 2005-05-16 NCBI "NCBI Tools User's Manual"
.SH NAME
asn2ff \- convert ASN.1 biological data to a flat format (old version)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B asn2ff
[\|\fB\-\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-A\fP\ \fIX\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-B\fP\ \fIX\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-C\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-G\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-L\ F\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-M\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-R\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-V\ F\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-a\fP\ \fIfilename\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-b\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-d\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-e\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-f\fP\ \fIb/p/e/s/x/z\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-g\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-h\ F\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-k\ F\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-l\fP\ \fIfilename\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-m\fP\ \fIr/d/s/c/k/l/e/p\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-n\ F\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-o\fP\ \fIfilename\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-p\ F\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-q\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-r\fP\ \fIfilename\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-s\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-t\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-v\ F\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-w\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-y\fP\|]
[\|\fB\-z\fP\|]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBasn2ff\fP converts descriptions of biological sequences from NCBI's
ASN.1 format to one of several flat-file formats.  This program is
built around a deprecated interface; please use \fBasn2gb\FP(1) instead.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
\fB\-\fP
Print usage message
.TP
\fB\-A\fP\ \fIX\fP
Show region starting at \fIX\fP (default is 0)
.TP
\fB\-B\fP\ \fIX\fP
Show region ending at \fIX\fP (default is last position)
.TP
\fB\-C\fP
Show Bankit comments
.TP
\fB\-G\fP
Output is one top bioseq only in genome view
.TP
\fB\-L F\fP
Use old (pre-Genbank 127.0) LOCUS line format
.TP
\fB\-M\fP
Output is map bioseqs only
.TP
\fB\-R\fP
For GenBank Release
.TP
\fB\-V\ F\fP
Don't use VERSION
.TP
\fB\-a\fP\ \fIfilename\fP
Filename for ASN.1 input (default is stdin)
.TP
\fB\-b\fP
Input asnfile in binary mode
.TP
\fB\-d\fP
Use SeqMgr indexing
.TP
\fB\-e\fP
Input is a Seq-entry
.TP
\fB\-f\fP\ \fIb/p/e/s/x/z\fP
Output Format:
.RS
.PD 0
.IP b
GenBank (default)
.IP p
GenPept
.IP e
EMBL
.IP s
PseudoEMBL
.IP x
GenBankSelect
.IP z
EMBLPEPT
.PD
.RE
.TP
\fB\-g\fP
Show gi numbers
.TP
\fB\-h\ F\fP
Hide sequence
.TP
\fB\-k\ F\fP
Don't use complex sets (phy-set,mut-set, pop-set)
.TP
\fB\-l\fP\ \fIfilename\fP
Log errors to \fIfilename\fP
.TP
\fB\-m\fP\ \fIr/d/s/c/k/l/e/p\fP
Output mode:
.RS
.PD 0
.IP r
release (default)
.IP d
dump
.IP s
Sequin
.IP c
Chromoscope
.IP k
dir-sub-debug
.IP l
dir-sub
.IP e
revise
.IP p
partial report
.PD
.RE
.TP
\fB\-n\ F\fP
Strict gene_binding
.TP
\fB\-o\fP\ \fIfilename\fP
Output Filename (default is stdout)
.TP
\fB\-p\ F\fP
Omit new gene features
.TP
\fB\-q\fP
Output is one top bioseq only
.TP
\fB\-r\fP\ \fIfilename\fP
Output error logfile (default is stderr)
.TP
\fB\-s\fP
Input is a Seq-submit
.TP
\fB\-t\fP
Show verbose message text
.TP
\fB\-v\ F\fP
Suppress error messages
.TP
\fB\-w\fP
Use HTML output format
.TP
\fB\-y\fP
Print help format only
.TP
\fB\-z\fP
New algorithm for orgnames
.SH AUTHOR
The National Center for Biotechnology Information.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR asn2all (1),
.BR asn2asn (1),
.BR asn2fsa (1),
.BR asn2gb (1),
.BR asn2xml (1),
.BR asndhuff (1).