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NAME

       asn2asn - convert NCBI data between text and binary ASN.1

SYNOPSIS

       asn2asn [-] [-b] [-e] [-i filename] [-l filename] [-o filename] [-s] [-x]

DESCRIPTION

       asn2asn converts data in NCBI's ASN.1 format between binary and text subformats, or to isomorphic XML.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -      Print usage message

       -b     Input asnfile in binary mode

       -e     Input is a Seq-entry

       -i filename
	      Read input from filename rather than stdin

       -l filename
	      Log errors to filename

       -o filename
	      Write output to filename rather than stdout

       -s     Output asnfile in binary mode

       -x     Output XML instead of ASN.1

AUTHOR

       The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

SEE ALSO

       asn2ff(1), asn2gb(1), asn2xml(1), asndhuff(1)

NCBI
								    2002-08-30								ASN2ASN(1)