---
name: "ase"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ase"
version: "3.24.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ase"
---

# ase(1)

ASE command line tool

## NAME

ase - ASE command line tool

## DESCRIPTION

usage: ase \[-h\] \[--version\] \[-T\]

-

  {help, info, test, gui, db, run, band-structure, build, dimensionality, eos, ulm, find, nebplot, nomad-upload, nomad-get, convert, reciprocal, completion, diff, exec} ...

ASE command line tool.

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

**-T**, **--traceback**

### Sub-commands:

-

  {help, info, test, gui, db, run, band-structure, build, dimensionality, eos, ulm, find, nebplot, nomad-upload, nomad-get, convert, reciprocal, completion, diff, exec}

- help

  Help for sub-command.

- info

  Print information about files or system.

- test

  Run ASE's test-suite.

- gui

  ASE's graphical user interface.

- db

  Manipulate and query ASE database.

- run

  Run calculation with one of ASE's calculators.

- band-structure

  Plot band-structure.

- build

  Build an atom, molecule or bulk structure.

- dimensionality

  Analyze the dimensionality of the bonded clusters in a structure, using

- eos

  Calculate EOS from one or more trajectory files.

- ulm

  Manipulate/show content of ulm-file.

- find

  Find files with atoms in them.

- nebplot

  Analyze NEB trajectories by making band plots.

- nomad-upload

  Upload files to NOMAD.

- nomad-get

  Get calculations from NOMAD and write to JSON files.

- convert

  Convert between file formats.

- reciprocal

  Show the reciprocal space.

- completion

  Add tab-completion for Bash.

- diff

  Print differences between atoms/calculations.

- exec

  Execute code on files.