Running :command:`prody select -h` displays:
usage: prody select [-h] [--quiet] [--examples] [-o STR] [-p STR] [-x STR] select pdb [pdb ...] positional arguments: select atom selection string pdb PDB identifier(s) or filename(s) optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --quiet suppress info messages to stderr --examples show usage examples and exit output options: -o STR, --output STR output PDB filename (default: pdb_selected.pdb) -p STR, --prefix STR output filename prefix (default: PDB filename) -x STR, --suffix STR output filename suffix (default: _selected)
Running :command:`prody select --examples` displays:
This command selects specified atoms and writes them in a PDB file. Fetch PDB files 1p38 and 1r39 and write backbone atoms in a file: $ prody select backbone 1p38 1r39