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GMX-PRINCIPAL

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NAME

gmx-principal - Calculate principal axes of inertia for a group of atoms

SYNOPSIS

gmx principal [ -f [<.xtc/.trr/...>] ] [ -s [<.tpr/.gro/...>] ]
[ -n [<.ndx>] ] [ -a1 [<.xvg>] ] [ -a2 [<.xvg>] ]
[ -a3 [<.xvg>] ] [ -om [<.xvg>] ] [ -b <time> ] [ -e <time> ]
[ -dt <time> ] [ -tu <enum> ] [ -[no]w ] [ -xvg <enum> ]
[ -[no]foo ]

DESCRIPTION

gmx principal calculates the three principal axes of inertia for a group of atoms. NOTE: Old versions of GROMACS wrote the output data in a strange transposed way. As of GROMACS 5.0, the output file paxis1.dat contains the x/y/z components of the first (major) principal axis for each frame, and similarly for the middle and minor axes in paxis2.dat and paxis3.dat.

OPTIONS

Options to specify input files:
-f [<.xtc/.trr/...>] (traj.xtc)

Trajectory: xtc trr cpt gro g96 pdb tng

-s [<.tpr/.gro/...>] (topol.tpr)

Structure+mass(db): tpr gro g96 pdb brk ent

-n [<.ndx>] (index.ndx) (Optional)

Index file

Options to specify output files:
-a1 [<.xvg>] (paxis1.xvg)

xvgr/xmgr file

-a2 [<.xvg>] (paxis2.xvg)

xvgr/xmgr file

-a3 [<.xvg>] (paxis3.xvg)

xvgr/xmgr file

-om [<.xvg>] (moi.xvg)

xvgr/xmgr file

Other options:
-b <time> (0)

Time of first frame to read from trajectory (default unit ps)

-e <time> (0)

Time of last frame to read from trajectory (default unit ps)

-dt <time> (0)

Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (default unit ps)

-tu <enum> (ps)

Unit for time values: fs, ps, ns, us, ms, s

-[no]w (no)

View output .xvg , .xpm , .eps and .pdb files

-xvg <enum> (xmgrace)

xvg plot formatting: xmgrace, xmgr, none

-[no]foo (no)

Dummy option to avoid empty array

SEE ALSO

gmx(1)

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