entret reads a sequence from a database or a file and writes the complete sequence entry to a text file.

Here is a sample session with entret:

% entret embl:hsfau
Reads and writes (returns) flat file entries
Output file [hsfau.entret]:

Mandatory qualifiers:

[-sequence] (seqall)

Sequence database USA.

[-outfile] (outfile)

Output filename.

Advanced qualifiers:

-firstonly (boolean)

Read one sequence and stop.