---
name: "cdscan"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-tools-bin"
version: "6.1.20011220a-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cdscan"
---

# cdscan(1)

scan through sequence records on the Entrez discs

## NAME

cdscan - scan through sequence records on the Entrez discs

## SYNOPSIS

**cdscan** \[**-**\] \[**-c**\] \[**-f** *N*\] \[**-o** *filename*\] \[**-p**\] \[**-s** *N*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **cdscan** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**cdscan** is a simple program that scans through sequence records on the Entrez discs.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-**

  Print usage message

- **-c**

  Print SeqIds to output file and progress monitor

- **-f** *N*

  Output format:

  - 1

    GenBank (default)

  - 2

    FASTA

- **-o** *filename*

  Output File (default = stdout)

- **-p**

  Show progress monitor

- **-s** *N*

  Type of sequence to scan:

  - 1

    DNA (default)

  - 2

    Protein

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Aaron M. Ucko \<ucko@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).