Options
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         -h  | 
                
         Print command line help  | 
        
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         -  | 
                
         import structures from standard input  | 
        
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         --geometry WxH+X+Y  | 
                
         set preferred window size (W x H) and location (X, Y)  | 
        
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         --real-time  | 
                
         display input stream in real time  | 
        
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         --spreadsheet  | 
                
         use spreadsheet-like viewer with one row per input record (default if the input file contains data fields)  | 
        
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         --gridbag  | 
                
         use compact matrix-like viewer with more molecules in a row (default if the input file does not contain data fields)  | 
        
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         -c <number>  | 
                
         maximum number of visible columns for GridBagView (default: 2)  | 
        
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         -r <number>  | 
                
         maximum number of visible rows for GridBagView (default: 2)  | 
        
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         -n <number>  | 
                
         maximum number of molecules to import (default: 1000)  | 
        
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         -s <number>  | 
                
         index of the first molecule to import (default: 1)  | 
        
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         -S  | 
                
         display unique SMILES code  | 
        
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         -f <f1>:<f2>  | 
                
         show specified fields (<f1>, <f2>, ...) in the given order from an SDfile. Field names are separated by colons.  | 
        
Options for displaying additional atomic properties stored in SDfile:
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         -p <file>  | 
                
         palette definition property file*  | 
        
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         -t <tagName>  | 
                
         name of the tag in the SDfile that contains property symbols*  | 
        
* See the Property colors in MarvinView section
You can also pass options to Java VM when you run the application from command line.
Examples
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Displaying the first 1000 structures from str.smi:
mview str.smi
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Viewing 500 structures starting at the 9500-th one from str.smi:
mview -n 500 -s 9500 str.smi
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Showing structures and 3 fields (ID, name, and stock) from stock.sdf:
mview -f "ID:name:stock" stock.sdf
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Display in 2 columns, show SMILES code:
mview -Sc 2 stock.sdf
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Search using JChem's command line search module and display the structure and the ID field from the results:
jcsearch -q 'Clc1ccccc1' -f sdf input.sdf | mview -f ID -
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Displaying the progress of a command line molecular dynamics simulation in real time:
program_producing_molfiles_on_stdout | mview --real-time -
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Atom coloring according to property symbols in SDFile:
mview -p colors.ini -t PPL stock.sdf