Babel

General Information

Babel is a utility program that interconverts between many file formats common to quantum chemistry. Babel can read and write GAMESS, Gaussian, PDB, xyz, and many other formats.

Running Babel

To run Babel, follow the instructions in the getting started section. Then execute Babel with the command "babel -m" or "babel -i[itype] [ifile] -o[otype] [ofile]".

Example

To read the gaussian input file H2O.com and produce an xyz format file H2O.xyz, type:

"babel -igzmat H2O.com -oxyz H2O.xyz"

Documentation

The Babel documentation is available at the Babel home page.

Legal Details

Babel is a freeware product. It is available via anonymous ftp from many sites or from the Babel home page. Babel was developed by Pat Walters and Matt Stahl (babel@mercury.aichem.arizona.edu). Copyright (C) 1992,1993,1994 by Pat Walters and Matt Stahl.

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