| ## g_mdmat Main Table of Contents | VERSION 4.0 Sun 18 Jan 2009

### Description

g_mdmat makes distance matrices consisting of the smallest distance between residue pairs. With -frames these distance matrices can be stored as a function of time, to be able to see differences in tertiary structure as a funcion of time. If you choose your options unwise, this may generate a large output file. Default only an averaged matrix over the whole trajectory is output. Also a count of the number of different atomic contacts between residues over the whole trajectory can be made. The output can be processed with xpm2ps to make a PostScript (tm) plot.

### Files

option | filename | type | description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`-f` | `traj.xtc` | Input | Trajectory: xtc trr trj gro g96 pdb cpt
`-s` | `topol.tpr` | Input | Structure+mass(db): tpr tpb tpa gro g96 pdb
`-n` | `index.ndx` | Input, Opt. | Index file
`-mean` | `dm.xpm` | Output | X PixMap compatible matrix file
`-frames` | `dmf.xpm` | Output, Opt. | X PixMap compatible matrix file
`-no` | `num.xvg` | Output, Opt. | xvgr/xmgr file

### Other options

option | type | default | description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`-[no]h` | bool | `no` | Print help info and quit
`-nice` | int | `19` | Set the nicelevel
`-b` | time | `0` | First frame (ps) to read from trajectory
`-e` | time | `0` | Last frame (ps) to read from trajectory
`-dt` | time | `0` | Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (ps)
`-[no]xvgr` | bool | `yes` | Add specific codes (legends etc.) in the output xvg files for the xmgrace program
`-t` | real | `1.5` | trunc distance
`-nlevels` | int | `40` | Discretize distance in # levels

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