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

# showorf(1e)

Display a nucleotide sequence and translation in pretty format

## NAME

showorf - Display a nucleotide sequence and translation in pretty format

## SYNOPSIS

**showorf** **-sequence** *sequence* **-frames** *list* \[**-table** *list*\] **-outfile** *outfile* \[**-ruler** *boolean*\] \[**-plabel** *boolean*\] \[**-nlabel** *boolean*\] **-width** *integer*

**showorf** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

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

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *sequence*

  ### Required section

- **-frames** *list*

  Default value: 1,2,3,4,5,6

### Additional section

- **-table** *list*

  ### Output section

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  - **-ruler** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-plabel** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-nlabel** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-width** *integer*

  Default value: 50

## 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

showorf 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.