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

# makenucseq(1e)

Create random nucleotide sequences

## NAME

makenucseq - Create random nucleotide sequences

## SYNOPSIS

**makenucseq** **-codonfile** *codon* **-amount** *integer* **-length** *integer* \[**-useinsert** *toggle*\] **-insert** *string* **-start** *integer* **-makeseq** *seqoutall*

**makenucseq** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**makenucseq** 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

- **-codonfile** *codon*

  Optional codon usage file. Nucleotide sequences will be created as triplets matching the frequencies in the file, with the end trimmed to be in the correct reading frame.

### Required section

- **-amount** *integer*

  Default value: 100

- **-length** *integer*

  Default value: 100

- **-useinsert** *toggle*

  Default value: N

- **-insert** *string*

  String that is inserted into sequence

- **-start** *integer*

  Default value: 1

### Output section

- **-makeseq** *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

makenucseq 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.