---
name: "asn2xml"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-tools-bin"
version: "6.1.20170106+dfsg2-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/asn2xml"
---

# asn2xml(1)

translate biological data from ASN.1 to XML

## NAME

asn2xml - translate biological data from ASN.1 to XML

## SYNOPSIS

**asn2xml** \[**-**\] \[**-b F**\] \[**-e**\] \[**-i** *filename*\] \[**-l** *filename*\] \[**-o** *filename*\] \[**-s**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**asn2xml** converts an NCBI Seq-entry or Bioseq-set from ASN.1 format to an isomorphic XML representation.  It differs from **asn2asn -x** in that it converts packed sequence data back into human-readable ASCII text.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-**

  Print usage message

- **-b F**

  Input asnfile in text mode

- **-e**

  Input is a Seq-entry

- **-i** *filename*

  Read ASN.1 from *filename* (default is stdin)

- **-l** *filename*

  Log errors to *filename* (default is stderr)

- **-o** *filename*

  Write XML to *filename* (default is stdout)

- **-s**

  Input is a Seq-submit

## AUTHOR

The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

## SEE ALSO

[**asn2all**(1)](/asn2all/1.md), [**asn2asn**(1)](/asn2asn/1.md), [**asn2ff**(1)](/asn2ff/1.md), [**asn2fsa**(1)](/asn2fsa/1.md), [**asn2gb**(1)](/asn2gb/1.md), [**asndhuff**(1)](/asndhuff/1.md), [**gene2xml**(1)](/gene2xml/1.md), /usr/share/doc/ncbi-tools-bin/README.asn2xml, /usr/share/doc/libncbi6t64/ncbixml.txt.gz