.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.2. .TH PRODIGAL "1" "September 2014" "prodigal 2.6.1" "User Commands" .SH NAME prodigal \- microbial (bacterial and archaeal) gene finding program .SH SYNOPSIS .B prodigal [\fI\,-a trans_file\/\fR] [\fI\,-c\/\fR] [\fI\,-d nuc_file\/\fR] [\fI\,-f output_type\/\fR] [\-g tr_table] [\-h] [\-i input_file] [\-m] [\-n] [\-o output_file] [\-p mode] [\-q] [\-s start_file] [\-t training_file] [\-v] .SH DESCRIPTION Prodigal (Prokaryotic Dynamic Programming Genefinding Algorithm) is a microbial (bacterial and archaeal) gene finding program developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-a\fR: Write protein translations to the selected file. .TP \fB\-c\fR: Closed ends. Do not allow genes to run off edges. .TP \fB\-d\fR: Write nucleotide sequences of genes to the selected file. .TP \fB\-f\fR: Select output format (gbk, gff, or sco). Default is gbk. .TP \fB\-g\fR: Specify a translation table to use (default 11). .TP \fB\-h\fR: Print help menu and exit. .TP \fB\-i\fR: Specify input file (default reads from stdin). .TP \fB\-m\fR: Treat runs of n's as masked sequence and do not build genes across them. .TP \fB\-n\fR: Bypass the Shine\-Dalgarno trainer and force the program to scan for motifs. .TP \fB\-o\fR: Specify output file (default writes to stdout). .TP \fB\-p\fR: Select procedure (single or meta). Default is single. .TP \fB\-q\fR: Run quietly (suppress normal stderr output). .TP \fB\-s\fR: Write all potential genes (with scores) to the selected file. .TP \fB\-t\fR: Write a training file (if none exists); otherwise, read and use the specified training file. .TP \fB\-v\fR: Print version number and exit.