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NAME
     gmx-confrms - Fit two structures and calculates the RMSD

SYNOPSIS
	gmx confrms [-f1 [<.tpr/.gro/...>]] [-f2 [<.gro/.g96/...>]]
		    [-n1 [<.ndx>]] [-n2 [<.ndx>]] [-o [<.gro/.g96/...>]]
		    [-no [<.ndx>]] [-[no]w] [-[no]one] [-[no]mw] [-[no]pbc]
		    [-[no]fit] [-[no]name] [-[no]label] [-[no]bfac]

DESCRIPTION
     gmx  confrms  computes  the root mean square deviation (RMSD) of two struc-
     tures after least-squares fitting the second structure on	the  first  one.
     The  two  structures do NOT need to have the same number of atoms, only the
     two index groups used for the fit need to be identical.   With  -name  only
     matching  atom  names from the selected groups will be used for the fit and
     RMSD calculation. This can be useful when comparing mutants of a protein.

     The superimposed structures are written to file. In a  .pdb  file	the  two
     structures will be written as separate models (use rasmol -nmrpdb). Also in
     a .pdb file, B-factors calculated from the atomic MSD values can be written
     with -bfac.

OPTIONS
     Options to specify input files:

     -f1 [<.tpr/.gro/...>] (conf1.gro)
	    Structure+mass(db): tpr gro g96 pdb brk ent

     -f2 [<.gro/.g96/...>] (conf2.gro)
	    Structure file: gro g96 pdb brk ent esp tpr

     -n1 [<.ndx>] (fit1.ndx) (Optional)
	    Index file

     -n2 [<.ndx>] (fit2.ndx) (Optional)
	    Index file

     Options to specify output files:

     -o [<.gro/.g96/...>] (fit.pdb)
	    Structure file: gro g96 pdb brk ent esp

     -no [<.ndx>] (match.ndx) (Optional)
	    Index file

     Other options:

     -[no]w (no)
	    View output .xvg, .xpm, .eps and .pdb files

     -[no]one (no)
	    Only write the fitted structure to file

     -[no]mw (yes)
	    Mass-weighted fitting and RMSD

     -[no]pbc (no)
	    Try to make molecules whole again

     -[no]fit (yes)
	    Do least squares superposition of the target structure to the refer-
	    ence

     -[no]name (no)
	    Only compare matching atom names

     -[no]label (no)
	    Added chain labels A for first and B for second structure

     -[no]bfac (no)
	    Output B-factors from atomic MSD values

SEE ALSO
     gmx(1)

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2026.3				  Jun 25, 2026			  GMX-CONFRMS(1)

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