---
name: "phylip"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "phylip"
version: "1:3.697+dfsg-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/phylip"
---

# phylip(1)

runs various phylogenies programs

## NAME

phylip - runs various phylogenies programs

## SYNOPSIS

**phylip** **program** \[arguments\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **phylip** wrapper to the Phylip programs. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program did not have a manual page.

**phylip** is just a wrapper that invokes the various programs in the Phylip phylogeny software package. You can get more detailed documentation in /usr/share/doc/phylip where you find one helpfile for each program.

The following programs are included: clique, contrast, dnainvar, dnamove, dollop, drawgram, fitch, mix, penny, restml, consense, dnacomp, dnaml, dnapars, dolmove, drawtree, gendist, move, protdist, retree, contml, dnadist, dnamlk, dnapenny, dolpenny, factor, kitsch, neighbor, protpars, and seqboot.

## OPTIONS

There are no options.

## EXAMPLES

- phylip dnapenny

  - phylip factor

  ## SEE ALSO

**treetool**(1),\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Stephane Bortzmeyer \<bortzmeyer@debian.org\> and Dr. Guenter Bechly \<gbechly@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).