PDB_TOCIF(1)

✨ PDB_TOCIF ✨

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about pdb_tocif 💖 — it's a little manual page (version 2.5.1, yes she has a version number, she's that girl) for a tool in the pdb-tools family, and she has ONE job. one. and she does it. periodt. 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pdb_tocif — the manual page for pdb_tocif 2.5.1 🦋

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so like. first thing's first. if you run her with --help you're gonna get this:

pdb_tocif File not found or not readable: '--help'

not me getting read to filth by a command-line tool 😭 anyway. moving on.

She rudimentarily converts a PDB file to mmCIF format. that's the vibe. rudimentary. humble. unbothered. no cap. 💅

⚠️ heads up bestie: she will convert only the coordinate section. that's it. that's the whole menu. don't come for her about the rest of the file, she simply did not sign up for that. 🙈

🌈 Usage

python pdb_tocif.py <pdb file>

🍓 Example

python pdb_tocif.py 1CTF.pdb

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💜 the whole lore

this program is part of the pdb-tools suite of utilities and — listen — it should not be distributed isolatedly. she's a group project girlie fr fr, she needs her friends. 🫶

The pdb-tools were created to quickly manipulate PDB files using the terminal, and they can be used sequentially, with one tool streaming data to another. it's giving conveyor belt. it's giving main character energy in a pipeline. ✨

and then the backstory?? they're based on old FORTRAN77 code that was taking too much effort to maintain and compile. RIP to a real one. 🕯️💀😭

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k bye, this was pdb_tocif 2.5.1, written down in September 2024, and I'm obsessed with her. slay, stay safe, read your man pages. 💖✨🎀