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

# extractseq(1e)

Extract regions from a sequence

## NAME

extractseq - Extract regions from a sequence

## SYNOPSIS

**extractseq** **-sequence** *sequence* **-regions** *range* \[**-separate** *boolean*\] **-outseq** *seqoutall*

**extractseq** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

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

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *sequence*

  ### Required section

- **-regions** *range*

  Regions to extract. A set of regions is specified by a set of pairs of positions. The positions are integers. They are separated by any non-digit, non-alpha character. Examples of region specifications are: 24-45, 56-78 1:45, 67=99;765..888 1,5,8,10,23,45,57,99 Default value: $(sequence.begin)-$(sequence.end)

### Additional section

- **-separate** *boolean*

  If this is set true then each specified region is written out as a separate sequence. The name of the sequence is created from the name of the original sequence with the start and end positions of the range appended with underscore characters between them, eg: XYZ region 2 to 34 is written as: XYZ\_2\_34 Default value: N

### Output section

- **-outseq** *seqoutall*

  ## 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

extractseq 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.