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.TH NTHLL "1" "April 2021" "nthll 1.2.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
nthll \- Streaming algorithm to estimate cardinality in genomics datasets
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nthll
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,FILE(S)\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Estimates distinct number of k\-mers in FILE(S).
.PP
Acceptable file formats: fastq, fasta, sam, bam and in compressed formats gz, bz, zip, xz.
Accepts a list of files by adding @ at the beginning of the list name.
.IP
Options:
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-threads\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
use N parallel threads [1] (N>=2 should be used when input files are >=2)
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-kmer\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
the length of kmer [64]
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.HP
\fB\-\-version\fR output version information and exit
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to https://github.com/bcgsc/ntCard/issues
.SH AUTHOR
 This manpage was written by Nilesh Patra for the Debian distribution and
 can be used for any other usage of the program.