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notseq
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<H2>
Wiki
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The master copies of EMBOSS documentation are available
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Please help by correcting and extending the Wiki pages.

<H2>
    Function
</H2>
Write to file a subset of an input stream of sequences


<H2>
    Description
</H2>

<p><b>notseq</b> writes to file a subset of an input stream of sequences. The list of sequence names or accession numbers to exclude from output is provided as a string.  Optionally, the excluded sequences are also written to file.</p>





<H2>
    Usage
</H2>
Here is a sample session with <b>notseq</b>
<p>
In this case the excluded sequences (myg_phyca and lgb2_luplu) are not saved to any file: 
<p>

<p>
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% <b>notseq </b>
Write to file a subset of an input stream of sequences
Input (gapped) sequence(s): <b>globins.fasta</b>
Sequence names to exclude: <b>myg_phyca,lgb2_luplu</b>
output sequence(s) [hbb_human.fasta]: <b>mydata.seq</b>

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<a href="#input.1">Go to the input files for this example</a><br><a href="#output.1">Go to the output files for this example</a><p><p>
<p>
<b>Example 2</b>
<p>
Here is an example where the sequences to be excluded are saved to another file: 
<p>

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% <b>notseq -junkout hb.seq </b>
Write to file a subset of an input stream of sequences
Input (gapped) sequence(s): <b>globins.fasta</b>
Sequence names to exclude: <b>hb*</b>
output sequence(s) [hbb_human.fasta]: <b>mydata.seq</b>

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<a href="#output.2">Go to the output files for this example</a><p><p>



<H2>
    Command line arguments
</H2>

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Write to file a subset of an input stream of sequences
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          seqall     (Gapped) sequence(s) filename and optional
                                  format, or reference (input USA)
  [-exclude]           string     Enter a list of sequence names or accession
                                  numbers to exclude from the sequences read
                                  in. The excluded sequences will be written
                                  to the file specified in the 'junkout'
                                  parameter. The remainder will be written out
                                  to the file specified in the 'outseq'
                                  parameter.
                                  The list of sequence names can be separated
                                  by either spaces or commas.
                                  The sequence names can be wildcarded.
                                  The sequence names are case independent.
                                  An example of a list of sequences to be
                                  excluded is:
                                  myseq, hs*, one two three
                                  a file containing a list of sequence names
                                  can be specified by giving the file name
                                  preceeded by a '@', eg: '@names.dat' (Any
                                  string)
  [-outseq]            seqoutall  [<sequence>.<format>] Sequence set(s)
                                  filename and optional format (output USA)

   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -junkoutseq         seqoutall  [/dev/null] This file collects the sequences
                                  which you have excluded from the main
                                  output file of sequences.

   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:

   "-sequence" associated qualifiers
   -sbegin1            integer    Start of each sequence to be used
   -send1              integer    End of each sequence to be used
   -sreverse1          boolean    Reverse (if DNA)
   -sask1              boolean    Ask for begin/end/reverse
   -snucleotide1       boolean    Sequence is nucleotide
   -sprotein1          boolean    Sequence is protein
   -slower1            boolean    Make lower case
   -supper1            boolean    Make upper case
   -scircular1         boolean    Sequence is circular
   -squick1            boolean    Read id and sequence only
   -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
   -iquery1            string     Input query fields or ID list
   -ioffset1           integer    Input start position offset
   -sdbname1           string     Database name
   -sid1               string     Entryname
   -ufo1               string     UFO features
   -fformat1           string     Features format
   -fopenfile1         string     Features file name

   "-outseq" associated qualifiers
   -osformat3          string     Output seq format
   -osextension3       string     File name extension
   -osname3            string     Base file name
   -osdirectory3       string     Output directory
   -osdbname3          string     Database name to add
   -ossingle3          boolean    Separate file for each entry
   -oufo3              string     UFO features
   -offormat3          string     Features format
   -ofname3            string     Features file name
   -ofdirectory3       string     Output directory

   "-junkoutseq" associated qualifiers
   -osformat           string     Output seq format
   -osextension        string     File name extension
   -osname             string     Base file name
   -osdirectory        string     Output directory
   -osdbname           string     Database name to add
   -ossingle           boolean    Separate file for each entry
   -oufo               string     UFO features
   -offormat           string     Features format
   -ofname             string     Features file name
   -ofdirectory        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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<table border cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 bgcolor="#ccccff">
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<th align="left">Qualifier</th>
<th align="left">Type</th>
<th align="left">Description</th>
<th align="left">Allowed values</th>
<th align="left">Default</th>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<th align="left" colspan=5>Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers</th>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td>[-sequence]<br>(Parameter 1)</td>
<td>seqall</td>
<td>(Gapped) sequence(s) filename and optional format, or reference (input USA)</td>
<td>Readable sequence(s)</td>
<td><b>Required</b></td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td>[-exclude]<br>(Parameter 2)</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Enter a list of sequence names or accession numbers to exclude from the sequences read in. The excluded sequences will be written to the file specified in the 'junkout' parameter. The remainder will be written out to the file specified in the 'outseq' parameter.
The list of sequence names can be separated by either spaces or commas.
The sequence names can be wildcarded.
The sequence names are case independent.
An example of a list of sequences to be excluded is:
myseq, hs*, one two three
a file containing a list of sequence names can be specified by giving the file name preceeded by a '@', eg: '@names.dat'</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td>[-outseq]<br>(Parameter 3)</td>
<td>seqoutall</td>
<td>Sequence set(s) filename and optional format (output USA)</td>
<td>Writeable sequence(s)</td>
<td><i>&lt;*&gt;</i>.<i>format</i></td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<th align="left" colspan=5>Additional (Optional) qualifiers</th>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td>-junkoutseq</td>
<td>seqoutall</td>
<td>This file collects the sequences which you have excluded from the main output file of sequences.</td>
<td>Writeable sequence(s)</td>
<td>/dev/null</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<th align="left" colspan=5>Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers</th>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan=5>(none)</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<th align="left" colspan=5>Associated qualifiers</th>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td align="left" colspan=5>"-sequence" associated seqall qualifiers
</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -sbegin1<br>-sbegin_sequence</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>Start of each sequence to be used</td>
<td>Any integer value</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -send1<br>-send_sequence</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>End of each sequence to be used</td>
<td>Any integer value</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -sreverse1<br>-sreverse_sequence</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Reverse (if DNA)</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -sask1<br>-sask_sequence</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Ask for begin/end/reverse</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -snucleotide1<br>-snucleotide_sequence</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Sequence is nucleotide</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -sprotein1<br>-sprotein_sequence</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Sequence is protein</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -slower1<br>-slower_sequence</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Make lower case</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -supper1<br>-supper_sequence</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Make upper case</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -scircular1<br>-scircular_sequence</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Sequence is circular</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -squick1<br>-squick_sequence</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Read id and sequence only</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -sformat1<br>-sformat_sequence</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Input sequence format</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -iquery1<br>-iquery_sequence</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Input query fields or ID list</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -ioffset1<br>-ioffset_sequence</td>
<td>integer</td>
<td>Input start position offset</td>
<td>Any integer value</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -sdbname1<br>-sdbname_sequence</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Database name</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -sid1<br>-sid_sequence</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Entryname</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -ufo1<br>-ufo_sequence</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>UFO features</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -fformat1<br>-fformat_sequence</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Features format</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -fopenfile1<br>-fopenfile_sequence</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Features file name</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td align="left" colspan=5>"-outseq" associated seqoutall qualifiers
</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osformat3<br>-osformat_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Output seq format</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osextension3<br>-osextension_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>File name extension</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osname3<br>-osname_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Base file name</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osdirectory3<br>-osdirectory_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Output directory</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osdbname3<br>-osdbname_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Database name to add</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -ossingle3<br>-ossingle_outseq</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Separate file for each entry</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -oufo3<br>-oufo_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>UFO features</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -offormat3<br>-offormat_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Features format</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -ofname3<br>-ofname_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Features file name</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -ofdirectory3<br>-ofdirectory_outseq</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Output directory</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td align="left" colspan=5>"-junkoutseq" associated seqoutall qualifiers
</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osformat</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Output seq format</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osextension</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>File name extension</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osname</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Base file name</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osdirectory</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Output directory</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -osdbname</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Database name to add</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -ossingle</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Separate file for each entry</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -oufo</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>UFO features</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -offormat</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Features format</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -ofname</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Features file name</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -ofdirectory</td>
<td>string</td>
<td>Output directory</td>
<td>Any string</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<th align="left" colspan=5>General qualifiers</th>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -auto</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Turn off prompts</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -stdout</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Write first file to standard output</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -filter</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -options</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Prompt for standard and additional values</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -debug</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Write debug output to program.dbg</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -verbose</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Report some/full command line options</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>Y</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -help</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -warning</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Report warnings</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>Y</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -error</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Report errors</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>Y</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -fatal</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Report fatal errors</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>Y</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -die</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Report dying program messages</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>Y</td>
</tr>

<tr bgcolor="#FFFFCC">
<td> -version</td>
<td>boolean</td>
<td>Report version number and exit</td>
<td>Boolean value Yes/No</td>
<td>N</td>
</tr>

</table>


<H2>
    Input file format
</H2>
<b>notseq</b> reads one or more nucleotide or protein sequences.
<p>
<p>

The input is a standard EMBOSS sequence query (also known as a 'USA').

<p>
Major sequence database sources defined as standard in EMBOSS
installations include srs:embl, srs:uniprot and ensembl

<p>

Data can also be read from sequence output in any supported format
written by an EMBOSS or third-party application.

<p>
The input format can be specified by using the
command-line qualifier <tt>-sformat xxx</tt>, where 'xxx' is replaced
by the name of the required format.  The available format names are:
gff (gff3), gff2, embl (em), genbank (gb, refseq), ddbj, refseqp, pir
(nbrf), swissprot (swiss, sw), dasgff and debug.

<p>

See:
<A href="http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html">
http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html</A>
for further information on sequence formats.

<p>


<a name="input.1"></a>
<h3>Input files for usage example </h3>
<p><h3>File: globins.fasta</h3>
<table width="90%"><tr><td bgcolor="#FFCCFF">
<pre>
&gt;HBB_HUMAN Sw:Hbb_Human =&gt; HBB_HUMAN
VHLTPEEKSAVTALWGKVNVDEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFESFGDLSTPDAVMGNPKV
KAHGKKVLGAFSDGLAHLDNLKGTFATLSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGNVLVCVLAHHFGK
EFTPPVQAAYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH
&gt;HBB_HORSE Sw:Hbb_Horse =&gt; HBB_HORSE
VQLSGEEKAAVLALWDKVNEEEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFDSFGDLSNPGAVMGNPKV
KAHGKKVLHSFGEGVHHLDNLKGTFAALSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGNVLVVVLARHFGK
DFTPELQASYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH
&gt;HBA_HUMAN Sw:Hba_Human =&gt; HBA_HUMAN
VLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFLSFPTTKTYFPHFDLSHGSAQVKGHGK
KVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKLLSHCLLVTLAAHLPAEFTPA
VHASLDKFLASVSTVLTSKYR
&gt;HBA_HORSE Sw:Hba_Horse =&gt; HBA_HORSE
VLSAADKTNVKAAWSKVGGHAGEYGAEALERMFLGFPTTKTYFPHFDLSHGSAQVKAHGK
KVGDALTLAVGHLDDLPGALSNLSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKLLSHCLLSTLAVHLPNDFTPA
VHASLDKFLSSVSTVLTSKYR
&gt;MYG_PHYCA Sw:Myg_Phyca =&gt; MYG_PHYCA
VLSEGEWQLVLHVWAKVEADVAGHGQDILIRLFKSHPETLEKFDRFKHLKTEAEMKASED
LKKHGVTVLTALGAILKKKGHHEAELKPLAQSHATKHKIPIKYLEFISEAIIHVLHSRHP
GDFGADAQGAMNKALELFRKDIAAKYKELGYQG
&gt;GLB5_PETMA Sw:Glb5_Petma =&gt; GLB5_PETMA
PIVDTGSVAPLSAAEKTKIRSAWAPVYSTYETSGVDILVKFFTSTPAAQEFFPKFKGLTT
ADQLKKSADVRWHAERIINAVNDAVASMDDTEKMSMKLRDLSGKHAKSFQVDPQYFKVLA
AVIADTVAAGDAGFEKLMSMICILLRSAY
&gt;LGB2_LUPLU Sw:Lgb2_Luplu =&gt; LGB2_LUPLU
GALTESQAALVKSSWEEFNANIPKHTHRFFILVLEIAPAAKDLFSFLKGTSEVPQNNPEL
QAHAGKVFKLVYEAAIQLQVTGVVVTDATLKNLGSVHVSKGVADAHFPVVKEAILKTIKE
VVGAKWSEELNSAWTIAYDELAIVIKKEMNDAA
</pre>
</td></tr></table><p>

<p>

The names (or accession numbers) of the sequences to be excluded can be
entered as a file of such names by specifying an '@' followed by the
name of the file containing the sequence names.  For example:
'@names.dat'. 

<p>

The names or accession numbers of the sequences to be
excluded are not standard EMBOSS USAs.  Only the ID name or accession
number can be specified, you cannot specify the sequences as
'database:ID', 'file:accession', 'format::file', etc. 




<H2>
    Output file format
</H2>

<p>

The output is a standard EMBOSS sequence file. 

<p>

The results can be output in one of several styles by using the
command-line qualifier <tt>-osformat xxx</tt>, where 'xxx' is replaced by
the name of the required format.  The available format names are: embl,
genbank, gff, pir, swiss, dasgff, debug, listfile, dbmotif, diffseq, excel,
feattable, motif, nametable, regions, seqtable, simple, srs, table, tagseq.

<p>

See:
<A href="http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html">
http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html</A>
for further information on sequence formats.

<p>

<p>


<a name="output.1"></a>
<h3>Output files for usage example </h3>
<p><h3>File: mydata.seq</h3>
<table width="90%"><tr><td bgcolor="#CCFFCC">
<pre>
&gt;HBB_HUMAN Sw:Hbb_Human =&gt; HBB_HUMAN
VHLTPEEKSAVTALWGKVNVDEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFESFGDLSTPDAVMGNPKV
KAHGKKVLGAFSDGLAHLDNLKGTFATLSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGNVLVCVLAHHFGK
EFTPPVQAAYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH
&gt;HBB_HORSE Sw:Hbb_Horse =&gt; HBB_HORSE
VQLSGEEKAAVLALWDKVNEEEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFDSFGDLSNPGAVMGNPKV
KAHGKKVLHSFGEGVHHLDNLKGTFAALSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGNVLVVVLARHFGK
DFTPELQASYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH
&gt;HBA_HUMAN Sw:Hba_Human =&gt; HBA_HUMAN
VLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFLSFPTTKTYFPHFDLSHGSAQVKGHGK
KVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKLLSHCLLVTLAAHLPAEFTPA
VHASLDKFLASVSTVLTSKYR
&gt;HBA_HORSE Sw:Hba_Horse =&gt; HBA_HORSE
VLSAADKTNVKAAWSKVGGHAGEYGAEALERMFLGFPTTKTYFPHFDLSHGSAQVKAHGK
KVGDALTLAVGHLDDLPGALSNLSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKLLSHCLLSTLAVHLPNDFTPA
VHASLDKFLSSVSTVLTSKYR
&gt;GLB5_PETMA Sw:Glb5_Petma =&gt; GLB5_PETMA
PIVDTGSVAPLSAAEKTKIRSAWAPVYSTYETSGVDILVKFFTSTPAAQEFFPKFKGLTT
ADQLKKSADVRWHAERIINAVNDAVASMDDTEKMSMKLRDLSGKHAKSFQVDPQYFKVLA
AVIADTVAAGDAGFEKLMSMICILLRSAY
</pre>
</td></tr></table><p>

<a name="output.2"></a>
<h3>Output files for usage example 2</h3>
<p><h3>File: mydata.seq</h3>
<table width="90%"><tr><td bgcolor="#CCFFCC">
<pre>
&gt;MYG_PHYCA Sw:Myg_Phyca =&gt; MYG_PHYCA
VLSEGEWQLVLHVWAKVEADVAGHGQDILIRLFKSHPETLEKFDRFKHLKTEAEMKASED
LKKHGVTVLTALGAILKKKGHHEAELKPLAQSHATKHKIPIKYLEFISEAIIHVLHSRHP
GDFGADAQGAMNKALELFRKDIAAKYKELGYQG
&gt;GLB5_PETMA Sw:Glb5_Petma =&gt; GLB5_PETMA
PIVDTGSVAPLSAAEKTKIRSAWAPVYSTYETSGVDILVKFFTSTPAAQEFFPKFKGLTT
ADQLKKSADVRWHAERIINAVNDAVASMDDTEKMSMKLRDLSGKHAKSFQVDPQYFKVLA
AVIADTVAAGDAGFEKLMSMICILLRSAY
&gt;LGB2_LUPLU Sw:Lgb2_Luplu =&gt; LGB2_LUPLU
GALTESQAALVKSSWEEFNANIPKHTHRFFILVLEIAPAAKDLFSFLKGTSEVPQNNPEL
QAHAGKVFKLVYEAAIQLQVTGVVVTDATLKNLGSVHVSKGVADAHFPVVKEAILKTIKE
VVGAKWSEELNSAWTIAYDELAIVIKKEMNDAA
</pre>
</td></tr></table><p>
<p><h3>File: hb.seq</h3>
<table width="90%"><tr><td bgcolor="#CCFFCC">
<pre>
&gt;HBB_HUMAN Sw:Hbb_Human =&gt; HBB_HUMAN
VHLTPEEKSAVTALWGKVNVDEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFESFGDLSTPDAVMGNPKV
KAHGKKVLGAFSDGLAHLDNLKGTFATLSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGNVLVCVLAHHFGK
EFTPPVQAAYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH
&gt;HBB_HORSE Sw:Hbb_Horse =&gt; HBB_HORSE
VQLSGEEKAAVLALWDKVNEEEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFDSFGDLSNPGAVMGNPKV
KAHGKKVLHSFGEGVHHLDNLKGTFAALSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGNVLVVVLARHFGK
DFTPELQASYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH
&gt;HBA_HUMAN Sw:Hba_Human =&gt; HBA_HUMAN
VLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFLSFPTTKTYFPHFDLSHGSAQVKGHGK
KVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKLLSHCLLVTLAAHLPAEFTPA
VHASLDKFLASVSTVLTSKYR
&gt;HBA_HORSE Sw:Hba_Horse =&gt; HBA_HORSE
VLSAADKTNVKAAWSKVGGHAGEYGAEALERMFLGFPTTKTYFPHFDLSHGSAQVKAHGK
KVGDALTLAVGHLDDLPGALSNLSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKLLSHCLLSTLAVHLPNDFTPA
VHASLDKFLSSVSTVLTSKYR
</pre>
</td></tr></table><p>


<H2>
    Data files
</H2>

None.

<H2>
    Notes
</H2>

<p><b>notseq</b> was written for the case where a file containing several sequences was being used as a small database, but some of the sequences were no longer required. <b>notseq</b> splits the input sequences into those that you wish to keep and those you wish to exclude.</p>

<p>Wildcarded names and accession numbers may be specified in the input string by using <tt>*</tt>.</p>

<p>The names (or accession numbers) of the sequences to be excluded can be entered as a file of such names by specifying an <tt>@</tt> followed by the name of the file containing the sequence names. For example: <tt>@names.dat</tt>.</p>


<H2>
    References
</H2>


None.

<H2>
    Warnings
</H2>

<p>The input string does not support the full USA syntax; only the name or accession number should be specified, not the database or file that these entries may occur in.</p>

<H2>
    Diagnostic Error Messages
</H2>

If no matches are found to any of the specified sequence names, the message
"This is a warning: No matches found." is displayed.


<H2>
    Exit status
</H2>

It exits with a status of 0 unless no matches are found to any of the
input sequences name, in which case it exits with a status of -1. 


<H2>
    Known bugs
</H2>

None.

<h2><a name="See also">See also</a></h2>
<table border cellpadding=4 bgcolor="#FFFFF0">
<tr><th>Program name</th>
<th>Description</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="aligncopy.html">aligncopy</a></td>
<td>Read and write alignments</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="aligncopypair.html">aligncopypair</a></td>
<td>Read and write pairs from alignments</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="biosed.html">biosed</a></td>
<td>Replace or delete sequence sections</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="codcopy.html">codcopy</a></td>
<td>Copy and reformat a codon usage table</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="cutseq.html">cutseq</a></td>
<td>Remove a section from a sequence</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="degapseq.html">degapseq</a></td>
<td>Remove non-alphabetic (e.g. gap) characters from sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="descseq.html">descseq</a></td>
<td>Alter the name or description of a sequence</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="entret.html">entret</a></td>
<td>Retrieve sequence entries from flatfile databases and files</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="extractalign.html">extractalign</a></td>
<td>Extract regions from a sequence alignment</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="extractfeat.html">extractfeat</a></td>
<td>Extract features from sequence(s)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="extractseq.html">extractseq</a></td>
<td>Extract regions from a sequence</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="featcopy.html">featcopy</a></td>
<td>Read and write a feature table</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="featmerge.html">featmerge</a></td>
<td>Merge two overlapping feature tables</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="featreport.html">featreport</a></td>
<td>Read and write a feature table</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="feattext.html">feattext</a></td>
<td>Return a feature table original text</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="listor.html">listor</a></td>
<td>Write a list file of the logical OR of two sets of sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="makenucseq.html">makenucseq</a></td>
<td>Create random nucleotide sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="makeprotseq.html">makeprotseq</a></td>
<td>Create random protein sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="maskambignuc.html">maskambignuc</a></td>
<td>Mask all ambiguity characters in nucleotide sequences with N</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="maskambigprot.html">maskambigprot</a></td>
<td>Mask all ambiguity characters in protein sequences with X</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="maskfeat.html">maskfeat</a></td>
<td>Write a sequence with masked features</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="maskseq.html">maskseq</a></td>
<td>Write a sequence with masked regions</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="newseq.html">newseq</a></td>
<td>Create a sequence file from a typed-in sequence</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="nohtml.html">nohtml</a></td>
<td>Remove mark-up (e.g. HTML tags) from an ASCII text file</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="noreturn.html">noreturn</a></td>
<td>Remove carriage return from ASCII files</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="nospace.html">nospace</a></td>
<td>Remove whitespace from an ASCII text file</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="notab.html">notab</a></td>
<td>Replace tabs with spaces in an ASCII text file</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="nthseq.html">nthseq</a></td>
<td>Write to file a single sequence from an input stream of sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="nthseqset.html">nthseqset</a></td>
<td>Read and write (return) one set of sequences from many</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="pasteseq.html">pasteseq</a></td>
<td>Insert one sequence into another</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="revseq.html">revseq</a></td>
<td>Reverse and complement a nucleotide sequence</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="seqcount.html">seqcount</a></td>
<td>Read and count sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="seqret.html">seqret</a></td>
<td>Read and write (return) sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="seqretsetall.html">seqretsetall</a></td>
<td>Read and write (return) many sets of sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="seqretsplit.html">seqretsplit</a></td>
<td>Read sequences and write them to individual files</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="sizeseq.html">sizeseq</a></td>
<td>Sort sequences by size</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="skipredundant.html">skipredundant</a></td>
<td>Remove redundant sequences from an input set</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="skipseq.html">skipseq</a></td>
<td>Read and write (return) sequences, skipping first few</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="splitsource.html">splitsource</a></td>
<td>Split sequence(s) into original source sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="splitter.html">splitter</a></td>
<td>Split sequence(s) into smaller sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="trimest.html">trimest</a></td>
<td>Remove poly-A tails from nucleotide sequences</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="trimseq.html">trimseq</a></td>
<td>Remove unwanted characters from start and end of sequence(s)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="trimspace.html">trimspace</a></td>
<td>Remove extra whitespace from an ASCII text file</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="union.html">union</a></td>
<td>Concatenate multiple sequences into a single sequence</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="vectorstrip.html">vectorstrip</a></td>
<td>Remove vectors from the ends of nucleotide sequence(s)</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td><a href="yank.html">yank</a></td>
<td>Add a sequence reference (a full USA) to a list file</td>
</tr>

</table>


<H2>
    Author(s)
</H2>

Gary Williams formerly at:
<br>
MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SB, UK

<p>
Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug&nbsp;&copy;&nbsp;emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.

<H2>
    History
</H2>

Written (9 Jan 2001) - Gary Williams
<p>

Added ability to specify names to exclude as a list file (June 2002) -
Gary Williams


<H2>
    Target users
</H2>
This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts.

<H2>
    Comments
</H2>
None

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