sand_compress_reads(1)
NAME
sand_compress_reads - compress sequence data
SYNOPSIS
sand_compress_reads [-qcivh] [infile] [outfile]
DESCRIPTION
sand_compress_reads reads sequence data in standard FASTA format,
and produces output in the compressed FASTA (cfa) format used by
the sand_filter_master(1) and sand_align_master(1).
If the output file is omitted, standard output is used.
if the input file is omitted, standard input is used.
After completing the compression, this program will output a summary
line of sequences and bytes compressed.
OPTIONS
-q | Quiet mode: suppress summary line.
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-c | Remove Celera read ids if data came from the Celera gatekeeper.
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-i | Remove Celera read ids but leave internal ids if the data came from the Celera gatekeeper.
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-h | Display version information.
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-v | Show help text.
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EXIT STATUS
On success, returns zero. On failure, returns non-zero.
EXAMPLES
To compress mydata.fasta into mydata.cfa:
% sand_compress_reads mydata.fasta mydata.cfa
COPYRIGHT
The Cooperative Computing Tools are Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Douglas Thain and Copyright (C) 2005-2015 The University of Notre Dame. This software is distributed under the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING for details.
SEE ALSO
CCTools 7.0.14 FINAL released on