seqsplit(1) split seqs into chunks of defined size and overlap

SYNOPSIS

seqsplit [-options] <seqfile>

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the seqsplit command.

seqsplit is a program that splits sequences into smaller chunks of defined size and overlap; output a FASTA file.

OPTIONS

-h
Help; display usage and version.
-o <file>
Output the new FASTA file to <file>.
--fragfile <f>
Save one-line-per-frag coord summary file to <f>.
--informat <s>
Specify sequence file format <s>.
--length <n>
Set max length of each unique seq frag to <n>.
--overlap <n>
Set overlap length to <n> (total frag size = length+overlap).
--shortnames
Use short "frag1" names, not "<src>/<from>-<to>".

LIMITATIONS

Still working in 32 bits -- no sequence can be more than 2 GB in size.

AUTHOR

Sean Eddy
HHMI/Department of Genetics
Washington University School of Medicine
4444 Forest Park Blvd., Box 8510
St Louis, MO 63108 USA
Phone: 1-314-362-7666
FAX  : 1-314-362-2157
Email: [email protected]
This manual page was written by Nelson A. de Oliveira <[email protected]>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).