---
name: "asnmacro"
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/asnmacro"
---

# asnmacro(1)

process ASN.1 biological data per Sequin macros

## NAME

asnmacro - process ASN.1 biological data per Sequin macros

## SYNOPSIS

**asnmacro** \[**-**\] \[**-b**\] \[**-d**\] \[**-e**\] \[**-i** *filename*\] \[**-k** *n*\] \[**-l** *n*\] **-m** *filename* \[**-o** *filename*\] \[**-p** *path*\] \[**-r** *path*\] \[**-s** *str*\] \[**-x** *str*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**asnmacro** is a command-line tool to run Sequin macros on annotated biological sequence data represented according to NCBI's ASN.1 specifications.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-**

  Print usage message

- **-b**

  Input is Binary

- **-d**

  Output is binary

- **-e**

  Input is a Seq-Entry

- **-i** *filename*

  Single input file

- **-k** *n*

  Skip steps

- **-l** *n*

  Limit steps

- **-m** *filename*

  Macro file

- **-o** *filename*

  Single Output file

- **-p** *path*

  Path to multiple input files

- **-r** *path*

  Path for Results when processing multiple files

- **-s** *str*

  Suffix for stripped (output) files

- **-x** *str*

  Suffix for input files with **-p** (**.sqn** by default)

## AUTHOR

The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

## SEE ALSO

[**Psequin**(1)](/Psequin/1.md).