The big problem here is that it doesn't recognise the NOANISOU keyword. So I presume that you are picking up an old version of CCP4, or more likely a Coot version of pdbcur. Mmmm the fact that the banner doesn't report user or date or time suggests a dodgy version.
I would have to defer to a Mac person on how to set this up properly. I guess you should do a "which pdbcur" in a terminal window to confirm the problem, and then fix your PATH somehow. As Fred says, it is much easier to use "grep -v ANISOU foo.pdb" and I believe you can do this even on a Mac :) Martyn -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Raja Dey Sent: Sat 10/10/2009 12:37 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] pdbcur failed with the error message 'child process exited abnormally' Hello, I remember PDBCUR was running before updating CCP4 to 6.1.1 in my macbook. I am trying to remove the aniso U's from a pdb file and I stuck. I might need some additional setup for this to run. Is there anyone who can tell what to do? I attached the error message below: ############################################################### ############################################################### ############################################################### ### CCP PROGRAM SUITE: pdbcur ########## ############################################################### User: Run date: Run time: Please reference: Collaborative Computational Project, Number 4. 1994. The CCP4 Suite: Programs for Protein Crystallography. Acta Cryst. D50, 760-763. as well as any specific reference in the program write-up. PDB file /Users/rajadey/yong/cns/alternate/final/phenix/may21_1_1_001.pdb has been read in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Input cards Data line--- NOANISOU Unrecognised keyword "NOANISOU" *************************************************************************** * Information from CCP4Interface script *************************************************************************** The program run with command: pdbcur XYZIN "/Users/rajadey/yong/cns/alternate/final/phenix/may21_1_1_001.pdb" XYZOUT "/Users/rajadey/yong/cns/alternate/final/phenix/may21_pdbset1.pdb" has failed with error message child process exited abnormally ************************************************ Thanks... Raja Try the new Yahoo! India Homepage. Click here. http://in.yahoo.com/trynew -- Scanned by iCritical.