NAME

       showdb - Displays information on configured databases

SYNOPSIS

       showdb [-database string] [-html boolean] [-protein boolean] [-nucleic boolean]
              [-sequence boolean] [-feature boolean] [-text boolean] [-taxonomy boolean]
              [-resource boolean] [-assembly boolean] [-obo boolean] [-full boolean]
              [-methods boolean] [-fields boolean] [-defined boolean] [-release boolean]
              -only toggle -heading boolean -type boolean -id boolean -query boolean -all boolean
              -comment boolean [-outfile outfile]

       showdb -help

DESCRIPTION

       showdb 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
       -database string

   Additional section
       -html boolean
           Default value: N

       -protein boolean
           Default value: Y

       -nucleic boolean
           Default value: Y

       -sequence boolean
           Default value: Y

       -feature boolean
           Default value: Y

       -text boolean
           Default value: Y

       -taxonomy boolean
           Default value: Y

       -resource boolean
           Default value: Y

       -assembly boolean
           Default value: Y

       -obo boolean
           Default value: Y

       -full boolean
           Default value: N

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

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

       -defined boolean
           This displays a short name for the file containing the database definition Default
           value: $(full)

       -release boolean
           Default value: $(full)

   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))

       -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

       showdb 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

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       It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.