|   | dbtell | 
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dbtell displays on-screen information on a database with the specific ID. Optionally, the information may be written to an output file in plain text or HTML.
| % dbtell tsw Display information about a public database # tsw is defined in special # access levels id: Yes query: Yes all: Yes DBNAME tsw [ format: "swiss" method: "emblcd" type: "Protein protfeatures text" comment: "Swissprot native format with EMBL CD-ROM index" directory: "/homes/user/local/share/EMBOSS/test/swiss" example: "hba_human" field: "id" field: "acc" field: "sv" field: "des" field: "org" field: "key" release: "36" edamdat: "1230 UniProt protein sequence record" taxon: "1 all" ] | 
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Display information about a public database
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0
   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-database]          string     The name of the database defined locally for
                                  use by EMBOSS. (Any string)
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -full               boolean    [N] The default behaviour is to report for
                                  relevant databases only basic information
                                  from the EMBOSS database definition
   -outfile            outfile    [stdout] Output file name
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
   -server             string     The name of the server defined locally for
                                  use by EMBOSS. (Any string)
   Associated qualifiers:
   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory         string     Output directory
   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options and exit. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages
   -version            boolean    Report version number and exit
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| Qualifier | Type | Description | Allowed values | Default | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | ||||
| [-database] (Parameter 1) | string | The name of the database defined locally for use by EMBOSS. | Any string | |
| Additional (Optional) qualifiers | ||||
| -full | boolean | The default behaviour is to report for relevant databases only basic information from the EMBOSS database definition | Boolean value Yes/No | No | 
| -outfile | outfile | Output file name | Output file | stdout | 
| Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | ||||
| -server | string | The name of the server defined locally for use by EMBOSS. | Any string | |
| Associated qualifiers | ||||
| "-outfile" associated outfile qualifiers | ||||
| -odirectory | string | Output directory | Any string | |
| General qualifiers | ||||
| -auto | boolean | Turn off prompts | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -stdout | boolean | Write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -filter | boolean | Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -options | boolean | Prompt for standard and additional values | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -debug | boolean | Write debug output to program.dbg | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -verbose | boolean | Report some/full command line options | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -help | boolean | Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -warning | boolean | Report warnings | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -error | boolean | Report errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -fatal | boolean | Report fatal errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -die | boolean | Report dying program messages | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -version | boolean | Report version number and exit | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
The output file (plain text format) is an excerpt of and (by default) in the same format as the EMBOSS data file db.dat. The format of the file is explained in comments at the top of that file. Optionally, the data can be tabulated.
If the -html qualifier is specified, then the output will be a web page suitable for viewing in any browser.
The EMBOSS database information file (db.dat) must be installed in the EMBOSS data directory and indexed. This is done automatically for typical installations.
| Program name | Description | 
|---|---|
| cachedas | Generate server cache file for DAS servers or for the DAS registry | 
| cachedbfetch | Generate server cache file for Dbfetch/WSDbfetch data sources | 
| cacheebeyesearch | Generate server cache file for EB-eye search domains | 
| cacheensembl | Generate server cache file for an Ensembl server | 
| servertell | Display information about a public server | 
| showdb | Display information on configured databases | 
| showserver | Display information on configured servers | 
Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug © emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.
This application was modified by 
Jon Ison
European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug © emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.