---
name: "cif_split_primitive"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cod-tools"
version: "3.11.0+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cif_split_primitive"
---

# cif\_split\_primitive(1)

split CIF files into separate files with one data\_ section each. This is a very naive and primitive version of the splitter, which expects each data\_... section to start on a new line. It may fail on some CIF files that do not follow such convention. For splitting of any correctly formatted CIF files, one must do full CIF parsing using CIF grammar and tokenisation of the file.

## NAME

cif\_split\_primitive - split CIF files into separate files with one data\_ section each. This is a very naive and primitive version of the splitter, which expects each data\_... section to start on a new line. It may fail on some CIF files that do not follow such convention. For splitting of any correctly formatted CIF files, one must do full CIF parsing using CIF grammar and tokenisation of the file.

## SYNOPSIS

cif\_split\_primitive --options input1.cif input\*.cif

## DESCRIPTION

Split CIF files into separate files with one data\_ section each.

This is a very naive and primitive version of the splitter, which expects each data\_... section to start on a new line. It may fail on some CIF files that do not follow such convention. For splitting of any correctly formatted CIF files, one must do full CIF parsing using CIF grammar and tokenisation of the file.

## OPTIONS

\-o, --output-dir out/\
                   Put all split files into the directory out/\
                   (default: './').

\-v, --verbose\
                   Print names of the generated files to STDERR.

\-q, --quiet\
                   Do not print file names to STDERR.

\--help, --usage\
                   Output a short usage message (this message) and exit.

\--version\
                   Output version information and exit.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report cif\_split\_primitive bugs using e-mail: cod-bugs@ibt.lt