---
name: "dbtell"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dbtell"
---

# dbtell(1e)

Display information about a public database

## NAME

dbtell - Display information about a public database

## SYNOPSIS

**dbtell** **-database** *string* \[**-full** *boolean*\] \[**-outfile** *outfile*\]

**dbtell** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**dbtell** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Data resources" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-database** *string*

  The name of the database defined locally for use by EMBOSS.

### Additional section

- **-full** *boolean*

  The default behaviour is to report for relevant databases only basic information from the EMBOSS database definition Default value: N

### Advanced section

### Output section

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  Default value: stdout

## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

dbtell is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.