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16 <dt><h3>Parameter files
</h3>
18 <a href=
"mdp.html">mdp
</a>
19 <dd>run parameters, input for
<a href=
"grompp.html">grompp
</a> and
20 <a href=
"tpbconv.html">tpbconv
</a>
21 <dt><a href=
"m2p.html">m2p
</a>
22 <dd>input for
<a href=
"xpm2ps.html">xpm2ps
</a>
25 <br><dt><h3>Structure files
</h3>
27 <dt><a href=
"gro.html">gro
</a> <dd>GROMACS format
28 <dt><a href=
"g96.html">g96
</a> <dd>GROMOS-
96 format
29 <dt><a href=
"pdb.html">pdb
</a> <dd>brookhaven Protein DataBank format
30 <dt><b>Generic structure formats:
</b>
31 <a href=
"gro.html">gro
</a>,
32 <a href=
"g96.html">g96
</a>,
33 <a href=
"pdb.html">pdb
</a>,
34 <a href=
"tpr.html">tpr
</a>,
35 <a href=
"tpb.html">tpb
</a> or
36 <a href=
"tpa.html">tpa
</a>
37 <dt><b>Structure+mass(db):
</b>
38 <a href=
"tpr.html">tpr
</a>,
39 <a href=
"tpb.html">tpb
</a>,
40 <a href=
"tpa.html">tpa
</a>,
41 <a href=
"gro.html">gro
</a>,
42 <a href=
"g96.html">g96
</a> or
43 <a href=
"pdb.html">pdb
</a>.
44 <dd>Structure and mass input for analysis tools.
45 When gro or pdb is used approximate masses will be read from the mass database.
48 <br><dt><h3>Topology files
</h3>
50 <dt><a href=
"top.html">top
</a> <dd>system topology (ascii)
51 <dt><a href=
"itp.html">itp
</a> <dd>include topology (ascii)
52 <dt><a href=
"rtp.html">rtp
</a> <dd>residue topology (ascii)
53 <dt><a href=
"ndx.html">ndx
</a> <dd>index file
56 <br><dt><h3>Run Input files
</h3>
58 <dt><a href=
"tpr.html">tpr
</a> <dd>system topology, parameters, coordinates
59 and velocities (binary, portable)
60 <dt><a href=
"tpa.html">tpa
</a> <dd>system topology, parameters, coordinates
61 and velocities (ascii)
62 <dt><a href=
"tpb.html">tpb
</a> <dd>system topology, parameters, coordinates
63 and velocities (binary)
64 <dt><b>Generic run input file formats:
</b>
65 <a href=
"tpr.html">tpr
</a>,
66 <a href=
"tpb.html">tpb
</a> or
67 <a href=
"tpa.html">tpa
</a>
71 <br><dt><h3>Trajectory files
</h3>
73 <dt><a href=
"trj.html">trj
</a> <dd>x, v and f (binary, full precision)
74 <dt><a href=
"trr.html">trr
</a> <dd>x, v and f (binary, full precision, portable)
75 <dt><a href=
"xtc.html">xtc
</a> <dd>x only (compressed, portable, any precision)
76 <dt><a href=
"g87.html">g87
</a> <dd>x and v (ascii)
77 <dt><a href=
"gro.html">gro
</a> <dd>x and v (ascii, any precision)
78 <dt><a href=
"g96.html">g96
</a> <dd>x only (ascii, fixed high precision)
79 <dt><a href=
"pdb.html">pdb
</a> <dd>x only (ascii, reduced precision)
80 <dt><b>Full precision formats:
</b>
81 <a href=
"trr.html">trr
</a> or
82 <a href=
"trj.html">trj
</a>
83 <dt><b>Generic trajectory formats:
</b>
84 <a href=
"xtc.html">xtc
</a>,
85 <a href=
"trr.html">trr
</a>,
86 <a href=
"trj.html">trj
</a>,
87 <a href=
"gro.html">gro
</a>,
88 <a href=
"g96.html">g96
</a>,
89 <a href=
"pdb.html">pdb
</a> or
90 <a href=
"g87.html">g87
</a>
93 <br><dt><h3>Energy files
</h3>
95 <dt><a href=
"ene.html">ene
</a> <dd>energies, temperature, pressure, box size,
96 density and virials (binary)
97 <dt><a href=
"edr.html">edr
</a> <dd>energies, temperature, pressure, box size,
98 density and virials (binary, portable)
99 <dt><b>Generic energy formats:
</b>
100 <a href=
"edr.html">edr
</a> or
101 <a href=
"ene.html">ene
</a>
104 <br><dt><h3>Other files
</h3>
106 <dt><a href=
"dat.html">dat
</a> <dd>generic, preferred for input
107 <dt><a href=
"edi.html">edi
</a>
108 <dd>essential dynamics constraints input for
<a href=
"mdrun.html">mdrun
</a>
109 <dt><a href=
"edo.html">edo
</a>
110 <dd>essential dynamics constraints output for
<a href=
"mdrun.html">mdrun
</a>
111 <dt><a href=
"eps.html">eps
</a> <dd>Encapsulated Postscript
112 <dt><a href=
"log.html">log
</a> <dd>log file
113 <dt><a href=
"map.html">map
</a> <dd>colormap input for
<a href=
"do_dssp.html">do_dssp
</a>
114 <dt><a href=
"mtx.html">mtx
</a> <dd>binary matrix data
115 <dt><a href=
"out.html">out
</a> <dd>generic, preferred for output
116 <dt><a href=
"tex.html">tex
</a> <dd>LaTeX input
117 <dt><a href=
"xpm.html">xpm
</a> <dd>ascii matrix data, use
<a href=
"xpm2ps.html">xpm2ps
</A> to convert to
<a href=
"eps.html">eps
</a>
118 <dt><a href=
"xvg.html">xvg
</a> <dd>xvgr input
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