fasta-io [options] <sequences>
This utility reads a sequence file in FASTA format and writes it to standard output. It serves no purpose other than testing the FASTA reading code.
A file containing a set of sequences in FASTA format.
The program prints to standard output.
Option | Parameter | Description | Default Behaviour |
---|---|---|---|
General Options | |||
-blocksize | n | Read sequences in blocks of size n. | Read one full sequence at a time. |
-dna | Sets alphabet to DNA. | The protein alphabet is used. | |
-many | Read all sequences into memory at start up. | ||
-verbosity | 1|2|3|4|5 | A number that regulates the verbosity level of the output information messages. If set to 1 (quiet) then it will only output error messages whereas the other extreme 5 (dump) outputs lots of mostly useless information. | The verbosity level is set to 2 (normal). |