---
name: "asnval"
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/asnval"
---

# asnval(1)

validate ASN.1 biological sequence records

## NAME

asnval - validate ASN.1 biological sequence records

## SYNOPSIS

**asnval** \[**-**\] \[**-A**\] \[**-B**\] \[**-C** *N*\] \[**-D**\] \[**-E** *str*\] \[**-F**\] \[**-G**\] \[**-J**\] \[**-K**\] \[**-L** *filename*\] \[**-M**\] \[**-N** *flags*\] \[**-P** *N*\] \[**-Q** *N*\] \[**-R** *N*\] \[**-S** *N*\] \[**-T**\] \[**-U**\] \[**-X**\] \[**-Y**\] \[**-Z**\] \[**-a** *type*\] \[**-b**\] \[**-c**\] \[**-d** *path*\] \[**-e**\] \[**-f** *str*\] \[**-i** *filename*\] \[**-j**\] \[**-k**\] \[**-l**\] \[**-o** *filename*\] \[**-p** *path*\] \[**-q**\] \[**-r**\] \[**-u**\] \[**-v** *N*\] \[**-w**\] \[**-x** *str*\] \[**-y**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**asnval** is a command-line tool to validate ASN.1-format biological sequence records.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-**

  Print usage message

- **-A**

  Validate Alignments

- **-B**

  Validate Barcodes

- **-C** *N*

  Max count

- **-D**

  Disable message suppression

- **-E** *str*

  Only Error Code to Show

- **-F**

  Test network access

- **-G**

  GI lookup from accession

- **-J**

  Require ISO-JTA?

- **-K**

  Summary to error file

- **-L** *filename*

  Log File

- **-M**

  Match locus\_tag against General ID

- **-N** *flags*

  Latitude-longitude / country flags

  - 0

    none

  - 1

    test state/province

  - 2

    ignore water exception

  - 3

    both of the above

- **-P** *N*

  Highest severity for error to show:

  - 0

    none

  - 1

    informational

  - 2

    warning

  - 3

    error (default for **-Q**)

  - 4

    grounds for rejection (default for **-P**, **-R**)

- **-Q** *N*

  Lowest severity for error to show, per **P**

- **-R** *N*

  Severity for error in return code, per **P**

- **-S** *N*

  Skip count

- **-T**

  Use Threads

- **-U**

  Genome center submission

- **-X**

  Exon splice check

- **-Y**

  Check against old IDs

- **-Z**

  Remote CDS product fetch

- **-a** *type*

  Input ASN.1 type:

  - a

    Automatic (default)

  - c

    Catenated

  - z

    Any

  - e

    seq-Entry

  - b

    Bioseq

  - s

    bioseq-Set

  - m

    seq-subMit

  - t

    baTch bioseq-set

  - u

    batch seq-sUbmit

- **-b**

  Batch file is Binary

- **-c**

  Batch file is Compressed

- **-d** *path*

  Path to Indexed Binary ASN.1 Data

- **-e**

  Ignore transcription/translation Exceptions

- **-x** *str*

  Substring filter

- **-i** *filename*

  Single input file (standard input by default)

- **-j**

  Validator code performance test

- **-k**

  Local fetching

- **-l**

  Lock components in advance

- **-o** *filename*

  Single output file

- **-p** *path*

  Path to ASN.1 Files

- **-q**

  Taxonomy lookup

- **-r**

  Remote Fetching from ID

- **-u**

  Recurse

- **-v** *N*

  Verbosity:

  - 1

    Standard report (default)

  - 2

    Accession / severity / code (space delimited)

  - 3

    Accession / severity / code (tab delimited)

  - 4

    XML report

  - 5

    Accession / GI / severity / code (tab delimited)

  - 6

    Logged report

- **-w**

  SeqSubmitParent flag

- **-x** *str*

  File selection substring (**.ent** by default)

- **-y**

  Special indexer tests

## AUTHOR

The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

## SEE ALSO

[**asndisc**(1)](/asndisc/1.md), [**cleanasn**(1)](/cleanasn/1.md), [**sequin**(1)](/sequin/1.md).