Body: <p>I am trying to split to a pdbqt file containing 178 compounds into individual pdbqt files. I have been using the Autodock Vina_split.exe file to split the multiple entry file however I keep running into the following error. What can I do to prevent the error.</p>
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Comments.CreationDate: 2020-09-22T08:00:12.427Z
Comments.Text: (A) Empty file? Does the file open in PyMol? Also, you can always split it there with `split_states`.
  
  (B) Is the file really called `output.pdbqt` or is it `output.pdbqt.txt` and Windows is hiding the extension?
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Comments.Text: There could be many reasons. Maybe lack of permissions or the space in the path. Can you open the file with a different program? Are you on Linux or Windows etc.
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Tags: <proteins>
Title: Error while splitting PDBQT file
ThreadText: # Error while splitting PDBQT file
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-22)
  
  I am trying to split to a pdbqt file containing 178 compounds into individual pdbqt files. I have been using the Autodock Vina\_split.exe file to split the multiple entry file however I keep running into the following error. What can I do to prevent the error.
  
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  **Tags:** proteins
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: (A) Empty file? Does the file open in PyMol? Also, you can always split it there with `split_states`.  (B) Is the file really called `output.pdbqt` or is it `output.pdbqt.txt` and Windows is hiding the extension?  
  > **username_2**: There could be many reasons. Maybe lack of permissions or the space in the path. Can you open the file with a different program? Are you on Linux or Windows etc.  
  
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