Ok now after downloading the latest version of dssp, and giving right permissions and after executing the /usr/local/bin/dssp command I am getting the following output :-<br><br>[root@BHARATPC peptide2]# /usr/local/bin/dssp <br>
DSSP options:<br>  -h [ --help ]         Display help message<br>  -i [ --input ] arg    Input file<br>  -o [ --output ] arg   Output file, use &#39;stdout&#39; to output to screen<br>  -v [ --verbose ]      Verbose output<br>
  -d [ --debug ] arg    Debug level (for even more verbose output)<br><br><br>Examples: <br><br>To calculate the secondary structure for the file 1crn.pdb and<br>write the result to a file called 1crn.dssp, you type:<br><br>
  dssp.exe -i 1crn.pdb -o 1crn.dssp<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Mark Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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    On 5/04/2012 5:16 PM, bharat gupta wrote:
    </div><div class="im"><blockquote type="cite"><i>This is the output  :<br>
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        [root@BHARATPC ~]# /usr/local/bin/dssp<br>
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    Don&#39;t run as root except for installing software, unless you like
    rebuilding your computer from the ground up.<br>
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    <blockquote type="cite"><i>bash: /usr/local/bin/dssp: Permission denied<br>
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    Possibly you didn&#39;t give execute permission on some file or other.
    This is not a GROMACS problem, but rather a problem with how you
    have done your dssp installation. Consult its documentation.<div class="im"><br>
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        I have already set the pat for dssp in .bashrc using export
        command , I don&#39;t know why this error is there. Is it due to
        renaming dsspcmbi to dssp ??<br>
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    You have now reported testing a command different from the one you
    reported that you had instructed do_dssp to use. So it is hard for
    me to believe your assertion that you are following the advice in
    do_dssp -h correctly with a correct version of DSSP.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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    Mark<br>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Mark
        Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au" target="_blank">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span>
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            <div> On 5/04/2012 4:16 PM, bharat gupta wrote:
              <blockquote type="cite">Yes , I am using the correct
                options for dssp. But still I am getting the same error.
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            What does invoking /usr/local/bin/dsspcmbi say?<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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                Mark</font></span>
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 2:12
                    PM, Mark Abraham <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au" target="_blank">Mark.Abraham@anu.edu.au</a>&gt;</span>
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                        <div>On 5/04/2012 10:25 AM, bharat gupta wrote:<br>
                          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi,<br>
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                            I am trying to plot the ss content using the
                            do_dssp command , but I am getting the
                            following error :-<br>
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                            Failed to execute command:
                            /usr/local/bin/dsspcmbi -na ddldj5Bn
                            ddXN9mH0 &gt; /dev/null 2&gt; /dev/null<br>
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                            I am using the DSSPold version. What could
                            be the possible reason for such an error ??<br>
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                      Many of them. Start by making sure you&#39;re
                      following the advice of do_dssp -h.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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                          Mark</font></span>
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