NAME

       cif-validate - Validate the content of a mmCIF file

SYNOPSIS

       cif-validate [OPTION] file [output-file]

DESCRIPTION

       The mmCIF format is not really new, but the implementation of this format has been taken up slowly.
       Unfornately, the knowledge of the ins and outs of the format are still poorly understood and many files
       written contain errors.

       cif-validate can be used to help debug the creation of mmCIF files. By default it uses the dictionary
       provided by libcifpp (which may be updated automatically, depending on your installion). But you can also
       specify your own dictionary file using the --dict option.

OPTIONS

       --dict=<file>
              The mmCIF dictionary file to use. The default is mmcif_pdbx.dic.

              Note  that  you  can  specify  multiple  dictionaries  by concatenating their names separated by a
              semicolon, like this: --dict='mmcif_pdbx.dic;dssp-extension.dic'

       --validate-links
              Validate all links. Will output information about missing parent category items.

       --strip
              Strip all categories and/or items that are not valid according to the  specied  dictionary.   This
              implies the --print option.

       --verbose,-v
              Be more verbose, useful to diagnose validation errors. Can be specified multiple times to increase
              verbosity level.

       --print
              Print a formatted version of the input file to stdout or to output-file if specified.

AUTHOR

       Written by Maarten L. Hekkelman <maarten@hekkelman.com>

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs at https://github.com/PDB-REDO/cif-tools/issues

SEE ALSO

       cif-diff, cif-grep, cif-merge, cif2pdb, mmCQL, pdb2cif.

version 1.0.8                                      2023-01-06                                    cif-validate(1)