PDB_SELSEG(1)

NAME 💖 PDB_SELSEG(1)

pdb_selseg - manual page for pdb_selseg 2.5.1. This is a User Commands page, and yes bestie, we're folding the header into the top like a lil intro. 🫶

DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay so the very first thing this page says is this exact chaotic line:

pdb_selseg Segment identifier name is invalid: '-HELP'

No cap, that's literally there. Then the actual job: it selects all atoms matching the given segment identifier. That's the main character energy. 👑

Usage: 💻

python pdb_selseg.py -<segment id> <pdb file>

Example: 🎀

python pdb_selseg.py -C 1CTF.pdb
       # selects segment C

python pdb_selseg.py -C,D 1CTF.pdb
       # selects segments C and D

Now the lore: this program is part of the pdb-tools suite of utilities and should not be distributed isolatedly. The pdb-tools were created to quickly manipulate PDB files using the terminal, and can be used sequentially, with one tool streaming data to another. They are based on old FORTRAN77 code that was taking too much effort to maintain and compile. RIP. 🪦

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💖 That's the whole vibe from pdb_selseg 2.5.1, September 2024, PDB_SELSEG(1). Stay streaming, bestie. 💖