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

# dottup(1e)

Displays a wordmatch dotplot of two sequences

## NAME

dottup - Displays a wordmatch dotplot of two sequences

## SYNOPSIS

**dottup** **-asequence** *sequence* **-bsequence** *sequence* **-wordsize** *integer* **-stretch** *toggle* **-graph** *graph* **-xygraph** *xygraph* **-boxit** *boolean*

**dottup** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**dottup** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Alignment:Dot plots" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-asequence** *sequence*

  - **-bsequence** *sequence*

  ### Required section

- **-wordsize** *integer*

  Default value: 10

### Output section

- **-stretch** *toggle*

  Use non-proportional axes Default value: N

- **-graph** *graph*

  - **-xygraph** *xygraph*

  - **-boxit** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

## 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

dottup 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.