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

# octanol(1e)

Draw a White-Wimley protein hydropathy plot

## NAME

octanol - Draw a White-Wimley protein hydropathy plot

## SYNOPSIS

**octanol** **-sequence** *sequence* \[**-datafile** *datafile*\] \[**-width** *integer*\] **-graph** *xygraph* \[**-plotoctanol** *boolean*\] \[**-plotinterface** *boolean*\] \[**-plotdifference** *boolean*\]

**octanol** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

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

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *sequence*

  - **-datafile** *datafile*

  Default value: Ewhite-wimley.dat

### Additional section

- **-width** *integer*

  Default value: 19

### Output section

- **-graph** *xygraph*

  - **-plotoctanol** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-plotinterface** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-plotdifference** *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

octanol 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.