Summary of Command Line Arguments (version 2.11.3.0 onwards)

See Jalview Command Line Arguments (next generation) for more explanation about using Jalview's command line arguments.

argument action subval modifiers (optional) linked (optional)
--open filename/URL ... Opens one or more alignment files filename or URLs URL in new alignment windows. Examples. colour=colourscheme, title=title, features=featurefile, annotations=annotationfile, tree=treefile, showannotations, ssannotations, sortbytree, wrap
--append filename/URL ... Appends one or more alignment files filename or URLs URL to the open alignment window (or opens a new alignment if none already open). colour=name, title=title, features=featurefile, annotations=annotationfile, tree=treefile, showannotations, ssannotations, sortbytree, wrap . Examples.
--title "string"" Specifies the title for the open alignment window as string.
--colour name Applies the colour scheme name to the open alignment window. Valid values for nameare: clustal, blosum62, pc-identity, zappo, taylor, gecos-flower, gecos-blossom, gecos-sunset, gecos-ocean, hydrophobic, helix-propensity, strand-propensity, turn-propensity, buried-index, nucleotide, nucleotide-ambiguity, purine-pyrimidine, rna-helices, t-coffee-scores, sequence-id. Examples.
--features filename/URL Add a feature file filename or URL URL to the open alignment.
--tree filename/URL Add a tree file filename or URL URL to the open alignment.
--sortbytree / --nosortbytree Enforces sorting (or not sorting) the alignment in the order of an attached phylogenetic tree.
--annotations filename/URL Add an annotations file filename or URL URL to the open alignment.
--showannotations / --noshowannotations Enforces showing (or not showing) alignment annotations.
--wrap / --nowrap Enforces wrapped (or not wrapped) alignment formatting.
--structure filename/URL Load a structure file filename or URL URL associated with a sequence in the open alignment. The sequence to be associated with can be specified with a following --seqid argument, or the subval modifier seqid=ID can be used. A subval INDEX can also be used to specify the INDEX-th sequence in the open alignment. seqid=sequenceid or INDEX, paefile=paefilename, tempfac=temperature factor type, ssannotations, notempfac, structureviewer=structure viewer
--seqid ID Specify the sequence name for the preceding --structure to be associated with.
--paematrix filename Add a PAE json matrix file filename to the preceding --structure.
--tempfac name Set the type of temperature factor. Possible values for name are default, plddt
--structureviewer name Set the structure viewer to use to open the 3d structure file specified in previous --structure to name. Possible values of name are:
none,
jmol,
chimera - requires installation, might need configuring in Preferences,
chimerax - requires installation, might need configuring in Preferences,
pymol - requires installation, might need configuring in Preferences
--notempfac Do not show the temperature factor annotation for the preceding --structure
--groovy filename Process a groovy script in the file for the open alignment.
--image new filename Output an image of the open alignment window. Format is specified by the subval modifier, a following --type argument or guessed from the file extension. Valid formats/extensions are: svg, png, eps, html, biojs type=image format, textrenderer=text format
--type image format Set the image format for the preceding --image. Valid values are: svg, png, eps, html, biojs
--textrenderer text format Sets whether text in a vector image format (SVG, HTML, EPS) should be rendered as text or vector line-art. Possible values are: text, lineart
--output outputfilename Export the open alignment. Format is specified by the subval modifier, a following --format argument or guessed from the file extension. Valid formats/extensions are:
Fasta (fa, fasta),
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