[EMBOSS] Masking the : character?

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I have also found this.
and \:  or using quote cannot solve this problem.

But why not just rename your file name? It doesn't bother.


2005/6/17, Martin Sarachu <msarachu at biol.unlp.edu.ar>:
> Dear list,
> 
> is there any way to mask the ':' character so it is not interpreted as a
> delimiter for DB:sequence?
> I have this file
> 
> /home/embtest/wProjects/test/.clustal.05.06.15:17.46.27/ops2_drome.msf
> 
> and when I run infoseq I get this error
> 
> $ infoseq
> /home/embtest/wProjects/test/.clustal.05.06.15:17.46.27/ops2_drome.msf
> Displays some simple information about sequences
> Error: failed to open filename
> '/home/embtest/wProjects/test/.clustal.05.06.15'
> Error: Unable to read sequence
> '/home/embtest/wProjects/test/.clustal.05.06.15:17.46.27/ops2_drome.msf'
> Died: infoseq terminated: Bad value for '-sequence' and no prompt
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Martin
> 
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