g_bond(1)

NAME
g_bond - calculates distances between atoms VERSION 4.5.4-dev-20110404-bc5695c

SYNOPSIS
g_bond -f traj.xtc -n index.ndx -s topol.tpr -o bonds.xvg -l bonds.log -d distance.xvg -[no]h -[no]version -nice int -b time -e time -dt time -[no]w -xvg enum -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 through 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 -[no]versionno
 Print version 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 -xvg enum xmgrace
 xvg plot formatting: xmgrace, xmgr or none -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) More information about GROMACS is available at <http://www.gromacs.org/>.