get_scf_field -- extract comments from an SCF file
get_scf_field [ -cqs ] filename [ Field-ID ... ]
The get_scf_field command extracts comments from an SCF file. Each
comment is of the form Field-ID=comment. Where Field-ID is
a 4 character identifier.
With no Field-ID arguments specified all comments are listed. Otherwise
only those specified on the command line are listed.
-c
-
Supresses the output of the Field-ID. Only the right hand side of the
comment is displayed. The default action is the display the full comment in
the form listed above.
-q
-
Query mode. Here we display no output, but simply return true or false
depending on whether any of requested comments were found.
-s
-
Silent mode. No error messages are produced, except for usage messages. We
still return true or false for success or failure.
See section scf(4).
This page is maintained by
James Bonfield.
Last generated on 29 April 1996.
URL: http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/pubseq/manual/manpages_3.html