NAME

asn2asn - convert NCBI data between text and binary ASN.1

SYNOPSIS

asn2asn [-] [-b] [-e] [-i filename] [-l filename] [-o filename] [-s] [-x]

DESCRIPTION

asn2asn converts data in NCBI's ASN.1 format between binary and text subformats, or to isomorphic XML.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-

Print usage message

-b

Input asnfile in binary mode

-e

Input is a Seq-entry

-i filename

Read input from filename rather than stdin

-l filename

Log errors to filename

-o filename

Write output to filename rather than stdout

-s

Output asnfile in binary mode

-x

Output XML instead of ASN.1

AUTHOR

The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

SEE ALSO

asn2ff(1), asn2gb(1), asn2xml(1), asndhuff(1)