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

# showserver(1e)

Displays information on configured servers

## NAME

showserver - Displays information on configured servers

## SYNOPSIS

**showserver** \[**-server** *string*\] \[**-showtypes** *list*\] \[**-html** *boolean*\] \[**-full** *boolean*\] \[**-methods** *boolean*\] \[**-count** *boolean*\] \[**-cachefile** *boolean*\] \[**-url** *boolean*\] \[**-fields** *boolean*\] \[**-defined** *boolean*\] \[**-serverversion** *boolean*\] \[**-sortby** *list*\] **-only** *toggle* **-heading** *boolean* **-scope** *boolean* **-type** *boolean* **-id** *boolean* **-query** *boolean* **-all** *boolean* **-comment** *boolean* \[**-outfile** *outfile*\]

**showserver** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**showserver** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Data resources" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-server** *string*

  ### Additional section

- **-showtypes** *list*

  Default value: \*

- **-html** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-full** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-methods** *boolean*

  This displays the access methods that can be used on this server, for all, query or ID access Default value: $(full)

- **-count** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-cachefile** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-url** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-fields** *boolean*

  This displays the search fields that can be used on this server, other than the standard 'id' or 'acc' fields. Default value: $(full)

- **-defined** *boolean*

  This displays a short name for the file containing the server definition Default value: $(full)

- **-serverversion** *boolean*

  Default value: $(full)

- **-sortby** *list*

  Default value: type

### Advanced section

- **-only** *toggle*

  This is a way of shortening the command line if you only want a few standard columns to be displayed. Instead of specifying: '-nohead -notype -noid -noquery -noall' to get only the comment output, you can specify '-only -comment' Default value: N

- **-heading** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-scope** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-type** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-id** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-query** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-all** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

- **-comment** *boolean*

  Default value: @(!$(only))

### Output section

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  Default value: stdout

## 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

showserver 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.