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.IX Title "Bio::SeqIO::tab 3pm"
.TH Bio::SeqIO::tab 3pm "2020-10-28" "perl v5.30.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Bio::SeqIO::tab \- nearly raw sequence file input/output
stream. Reads/writes id"\et"sequence"\en"
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
Do not use this module directly.  Use it via the Bio::SeqIO class.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This object can transform Bio::Seq objects to and from tabbed flat
file databases.
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It is very useful when doing large scale stuff using the Unix command
line utilities (grep, sort, awk, sed, split, you name it). Imagine
that you have a format converter 'seqconvert' along the following
lines:
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\&  my $in  = Bio::SeqIO\->newFh(\-fh => \e*STDIN , \*(Aq\-format\*(Aq => $from);
\&  my $out = Bio::SeqIO\->newFh(\-fh=> \e*STDOUT, \*(Aq\-format\*(Aq => $to);
\&  print $out $_ while <$in>;
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then you can very easily filter sequence files for duplicates as:
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\&  $ seqconvert < foo.fa \-from fasta \-to tab | sort \-u |\e
\&       seqconvert \-from tab \-to fasta > foo\-unique.fa
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Or grep [\-v] for certain sequences with:
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\&  $ seqconvert < foo.fa \-from fasta \-to tab | grep \-v \*(Aq^S[a\-z]*control\*(Aq |\e
\&       seqconvert \-from tab \-to fasta > foo\-without\-controls.fa
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Or chop up a huge file with sequences into smaller chunks with:
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\&  $ seqconvert < all.fa \-from fasta \-to tab | split \-l 10 \- chunk\-
\&  $ for i in chunk\-*; do seqconvert \-from tab \-to fasta < $i > $i.fa; done
\&  # (this creates files chunk\-aa.fa, chunk\-ab.fa, ..., each containing 10
\&  # sequences)
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.SH "FEEDBACK"
.IX Header "FEEDBACK"
.SS "Mailing Lists"
.IX Subsection "Mailing Lists"
User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other
Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to one
of the Bioperl mailing lists.  Your participation is much appreciated.
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\&  bioperl\-l@bioperl.org                  \- General discussion
\&  http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists  \- About the mailing lists
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.SS "Support"
.IX Subsection "Support"
Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list:
.PP
\&\fIbioperl\-l@bioperl.org\fR
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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and
reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly
address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem
with code and data examples if at all possible.
.SS "Reporting Bugs"
.IX Subsection "Reporting Bugs"
Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track
the bugs and their resolution.
Bug reports can be submitted via the web:
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\&  https://github.com/bioperl/bioperl\-live/issues
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.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Philip Lijnzaad, p.lijnzaad@med.uu.nl
.SH "APPENDIX"
.IX Header "APPENDIX"
The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods.
Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
.SS "next_seq"
.IX Subsection "next_seq"
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\& Title   : next_seq
\& Usage   : $seq = $stream\->next_seq()
\& Function: returns the next sequence in the stream
\& Returns : Bio::Seq object
\& Args    :
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.SS "write_seq"
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\& Title   : write_seq
\& Usage   : $stream\->write_seq($seq)
\& Function: writes the $seq object into the stream
\& Returns : 1 for success and 0 for error
\& Args    : Bio::Seq object
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