--file

The --file option instructs e-LBOW to parse the given file.

e-LBOW reads a number of chemical formats including

• SMILES: string
• PDB: string or file
• XYZ: string or file
• MOLFILE: string or file
• TRIPOS MOL2: string or file
• GAMESS input: string or file
• GAMESS output: string or file
• Gaussian input: string or file
• Gaussian output: string or file
• PyQuante input: list or tuple

There are a number of factors relating to the input format.