g_bond (1) Linux Manual Page

g_bond – calculates distances between atoms

VERSION 4.0.1

Synopsis

g_bond -f traj.xtc -n index.ndx -s topol.tpr -o bonds.xvg -l bonds.log -d distance.xvg -[no]h -nice int -b time -e time -dt time -[no]w -[no]xvgr -blen real -tol real -[no]aver -[no]averdist

Description

g_bond makes a distribution of bond lengths. If all is well a gaussian distribution should be made when using a harmonic potential. bonds are read from a single group in the index file in order i1-j1 i2-j2 thru in-jn.

-tol gives the half-width of the distribution as a fraction of the bondlength ( -blen). That means, for a bond of 0.2 a tol of 0.1 gives a distribution from 0.18 to 0.22.

Option -d plots all the distances as a function of time. This requires a structure file for the atom and residue names in the output. If however the option -averdist is given (as well or separately) the average bond length is plotted instead.

Files

-f traj.xtc Input
 Trajectory: xtc trr trj gro g96 pdb cpt 

-n index.ndx Input
 Index file 

-s topol.tpr Input, Opt.
 Structure+mass(db): tpr tpb tpa gro g96 pdb 

-o bonds.xvg Output
 xvgr/xmgr file 

-l bonds.log Output, Opt.
 Log file 

-d distance.xvg Output, Opt.
 xvgr/xmgr file 

Other Options

-[no]hno
 Print help info and quit

-nice int 19
 Set the nicelevel

-b time 0
 First frame (ps) to read from trajectory

-e time 0
 Last frame (ps) to read from trajectory

-dt time 0
 Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (ps)

-[no]wno
 View output xvg, xpm, eps and pdb files

-[no]xvgryes
 Add specific codes (legends etc.) in the output xvg files for the xmgrace program

-blen real -1
 Bond length. By default length of first bond

-tol real 0.1
 Half width of distribution as fraction of blen

-[no]averyes
 Average bond length distributions

-[no]averdistyes
 Average distances (turns on -d)

Known Problems

– It should be possible to get bond information from the topology.

See Also

gromacs(7)

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