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

# godef(1e)

Find GO ontology terms by definition

## NAME

godef - Find GO ontology terms by definition

## SYNOPSIS

**godef** **-query** *string* \[**-namespace** *list*\] **-subclasses** *boolean* **-obsolete** *boolean* **-godef** *outobo*

**godef** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**godef** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Ontology:GO,Data retrieval:Ontology data" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-query** *string*

  ### Additional section

- **-namespace** *list*

  By default all terms are returned. Searches can be limited to one or a few namespaces. Default value: \*

### Advanced section

- **-subclasses** *boolean*

  Extend the query matches to include all terms which are specialisations (GO sub-classes) of the matched type. Default value: N

- **-obsolete** *boolean*

  The default behaviour is to not use or return obsolete terms. This option if set will include all terms. Default value: N

### Output section

- **-godef** *outobo*

  ## 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

godef 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.