showtree(1) View and/or convert phylogenetic trees in the terminal.

SYNOPSIS

showtree [OPTIONS] [treefile]

DESCRIPTION

View and/or convert phylogenetic trees in the terminal.

treefile is the filename of the for the file containing trees in PRIME format.

OPTIONS

--help
Display help (this text).
-V, --version
Print version and exit
-e, --show-edgetimes
Show edge times
-n, -show-nodetimes
Show node times
-b, --show-edgeweights
Show edge weights (i.e. branch lengths)
-x, --show-tot-edgetime
Show total edge time instead of tree
-y, --show-tot-edgeweight
Show total edge weight instead of tree
-c, --read-edge-times-after-colon
Read edge times after colon
-p, --convert-and-output-tree-in-prime-format
Convert and output tree in PRIME format
-i, --show-id
Show ID (only valid together with -p)
-S, --read-tree-from-stdin
Read tree from STDIN (no <treefile> nor <tree> needed)
-f, --format asciidrawing|prime|newick|simplenewick
The output format. Default is asciidrawing. Output formats:

newick - convert and output tree in NEWICK format

simplenewick - Simple newick format, no branch lengths. This also enables reading of unbalanced trees.

prime - prime format

asciidrawing - an ascii drawing

-t, --tree-number
Use the tree with this number. If not set all trees will be printed out.
-t, --tree-number
Use the tree with this number. If not set all trees will be printed out.

EXIT STATUS

0
Successful program execution.
1
Some error occurred

URL

The prime-phylo home page: http://prime.sbc.su.se