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

# prophet(1e)

Scan one or more sequences with a Gribskov or Henikoff profile

## NAME

prophet - Scan one or more sequences with a Gribskov or Henikoff profile

## SYNOPSIS

**prophet** **-sequence** *seqall* **-infile** *infile* **-gapopen** *float* **-gapextend** *float* **-outfile** *align*

**prophet** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

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

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *seqall*

  - **-infile** *infile*

  ### Required section

- **-gapopen** *float*

  Default value: 1.0

- **-gapextend** *float*

  Default value: 1.0

### Output section

- **-outfile** *align*

  ## 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

prophet 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.