SYMOPS(1)

🦋 SYMOPS(1) — the bestie edition 🦋

okay so quick vibe check: this is the symops page from the General Commands Manual (section 1, main character energy 💅). Pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

symops — print out symmetry operators for a given space group, or print out those symmetry operators that belong to the group, while diagnosing as errors those operators that do not belong to the group. 🧚

like. that's the whole job. she prints operators, she tells you which ones belong, and she yells (politely) about the ones that don't. 💖

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

symops --options P212121

symops --options P212121 -- -y,-x,z -x,y,z

symops --hall -- '-P 2 2'

symops --hall -- '-P 2 2' "-y,-x,z" "-x,y,z"

yes bestie, those dashes are doing work. keep them exactly as they are. no cap. 🔥

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💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

Print out symmetry operators for a given space group, or print out those symmetry operators that belong to the group, while diagnosing as errors those operators that do not belong to the group.

that's it, that's the serve. she's giving operator output AND quality control at the same time. 👑

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -q, --quiet — Do not output recognised operator names. this one is the default, so if you say nothing, she says nothing extra. lowkey iconic.
• -v, --verbose — Print out symmetry operators. also it negates the -q option, so it fully overrides that quiet mood. 🗣️
• --hall — Use Hall symbols for lookup.
• --hermann-mauguin — Use Hermann-Mauguin symbols for lookup.
• --schoenflies — Use Schönflies symbols for lookup. (yes, with the ö. she's fancy like that ✨)
• --error-messages — Print error messages about unrecognised symmetry operators. also the default, so the drama is on by default. 💀
• --no-error-messages — Do not print error messages about missing symmetry operators, just return a non-zero status if such are encountered. she stays quiet but she will leave a non-zero status at the door. 🙈
• --help, --usage — Output a short usage message (this message) and exit. two names, same queen. 🫶
• --version — Output version information and exit.

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📢 REPORTING BUGS 📢

Report symops bugs using e-mail: cod-bugs@ibt.lt

like pls actually tell them, don't just suffer in silence bestie 😭

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heads up: if you're using --no-error-messages, you won't get the spicy little complaints — you'll only get a non-zero status when unrecognised operators show up. so check that exit status, fr fr. ⭐

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that's the whole page, and honestly? she ate. 💅 signing off from SYMOPS(1), General Commands Manual, no version or date info handed to me so I'm not gonna make one up — go off, run some space groups, and stay slay. 💖🌸🦋🎀👑