---
name: "acdcheck"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss-explorer"
version: "2.2.0-12"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/acdcheck"
---

# acdcheck(1p)

## NAME

acdcheck

## AUTHOR

Luke McCarthy \<lukem@gene.pbi.nrc.ca\>

## SYNOPSIS

acdcheck \[ --output FORMAT \] FILE \[ FILE ... \]

## DESCRIPTION

Reads one or more named input FILEs and attempts to parse them as if they were EMBOSS ACD (AJAX Command Definition) files.

## OPTIONS

- \--output FORMAT

  Upon successful parsing of each ACD file, print a representation of the parse tree to standard output in the specified format.  FORMAT must be one of either 'XML' or 'Perl' (case-insensitive and without the quotes.)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2004 Luke McCarthy.  All rights reserved.  This program is free software.  You may copy or redistribute it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## POD ERRORS

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