Protein proteolytic enzyme or reagent cleavage digest emboss digest -seqall $input1 -outfile $out_file1 -menu $menu -unfavoured $unfavoured -overlap $overlap -allpartials $allpartials -rformat2 $out_format1 -auto You can view the original documentation here_. .. _here: http://emboss.sourceforge.net/apps/release/5.0/emboss/apps/digest.html