PDB_VALIDATE(1)

💖 PDB_VALIDATE(1) 💖

User Commands · pdb_validate 2.5.1 · the manual page, but make it cute

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✨ NAME ✨

pdb_validate — bestie, it's literally the manual page for pdb_validate 2.5.1 🎀

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so first thing, no cap, the page says this:

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

yeah… that's just what it says, we don't make the rules 🙈

Anyway! What it actually does: it validates the PDB file ATOM/HETATM lines according to the format specifications. Like, it checks that your lines follow the rules the format says they should follow. ⭐

🫶 lowkey important tea: it does not catch all the errors though… people are creative! 😭 So don't come for it when your cursed file slides through, okay?

👑 Usage:

python pdb_validate.py <pdb file>

🦋 Example:

python pdb_validate.py 1CTF.pdb

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Now the lore 💜 This program is part of the pdb-tools suite of utilities and should not be distributed isolatedly. Not me stressing this — it's in the manual, fr fr. 🙈

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. It's giving pipeline main character energy. 💅✨

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 page bestie, go validate something 💖

mwah 💋 — pdb_validate 2.5.1, September 2024, iykyk 🎀✨