newseq

Function

Description

This allows you to type a sequence into a file in a quick and easy manner.

The length of the sequence you can type in is restricted to a fairly short length (typically less than 255 characters). This length restriction is not a property of the EMBOSS package, but of the computer system you are using. This is because, as you type in response to a prompt from this program, what you type is stored in the computer operating system before being handed over to the program. There is often a limit of less than 255 characters on the length of a response that a computer system will allow you to give.

Despite this restriction, it is expected that this program will be a useful and easy way of constructing new sequence files.

(You wouldn't want to type a long sequence in by hand, anyway, would you?)

Usage

Command line arguments


Input file format

Output file format

newseq writes a normal sequence file.

Data files

None.

Notes

The length of the sequence you can type in is restricted to a fairly short length (typically less than 255 characters). If your computer beeps at you, you will typically have to delete the last character you typed and press the RETURN key.

References

None.

Warnings

None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

Exit status

It always exits with status 0.

Known bugs

None.

Author(s)

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