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

# infoseq(1e)

Display basic information about sequences

## NAME

infoseq - Display basic information about sequences

## SYNOPSIS

**infoseq** **-sequence** *seqall* **-columns** *boolean* **-delimiter** *string* \[**-outfile** *outfile*\] \[**-html** *boolean*\] **-only** *boolean* **-heading** *boolean* **-usa** *boolean* **-database** *boolean* **-name** *boolean* **-accession** *boolean* **-gi** *boolean* **-seqversion** *boolean* **-type** *boolean* **-length** *boolean* **-pgc** *boolean* **-organism** *boolean* **-description** *boolean*

**infoseq** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

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

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *seqall*

  ### Advanced section

- **-columns** *boolean*

  Set this option on (Y) to print the sequence information into neat, aligned columns in the output file. Alternatively, leave it unset (N), in which case the information records will be delimited by a character, which you may specify by using the -delimiter option. In other words, if -columns is set on, the -delimiter option is overriden. Default value: Y

- **-delimiter** *string*

  This string, which is usually a single character only, is used to delimit individual records in the text output file. It could be a space character, a tab character, a pipe character or any other character or string. Default value: \|

### Output section

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  If you enter the name of a file here then this program will write the sequence details into that file. Default value: stdout

- **-html** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-only** *boolean*

  This is a way of shortening the command line if you only want a few things to be displayed. Instead of specifying: '-nohead -noname -noacc -notype -nopgc -nodesc' to get only the length output, you can specify '-only -length' Default value: N

- **-heading** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-usa** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-database** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-name** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-accession** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-gi** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-seqversion** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-type** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-length** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-pgc** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-organism** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-description** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

## 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

infoseq 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.