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.TH STARCHCAT "1" "October 2018" "starchcat 2.4.35+dfsg" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
starchcat \- manual page for starchcat 2.4.35+dfsg
.SH DESCRIPTION
starchcat
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citation: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/14/1919.abstract
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https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bts277
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version:
2.4.35 (typical)
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authors:
Alex Reynolds and Shane Neph
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USAGE: starchcat [ \fB\-\-note=\fR"..." ]
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[ \fB\-\-bzip2\fR | \fB\-\-gzip\fR ]
[ \fB\-\-omit\-signature\fR ]
[ \fB\-\-report\-progress\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR ] <starch\-file\-1> [<starch\-file\-2> ...]
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* At least one lexicographically\-sorted, headerless starch archive is
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required.
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* While two or more inputs make sense for a multiset union operation, you
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can starchcat one file in order to update its metadata, recompress it
with a different backend method, or add a note annotation.
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* Compressed data are sent to standard output. Use the '>' operator to
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redirect to a file.
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Process Flags
\fB\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\fR
\fB\-\-note=\fR"foo bar..."   Append note to output archive metadata (optional).
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\fB\-\-bzip2\fR | \fB\-\-gzip\fR
Specify backend compression type (optional, default
is bzip2).
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\fB\-\-omit\-signature\fR
Skip generating per\-chromosome data integrity signature
(optional, default is to generate signature).
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\fB\-\-report\-progress\fR=\fI\,N\/\fR
Report compression progress every N elements per
chromosome to standard error stream (optional)
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\fB\-\-version\fR
Show binary version.
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\fB\-\-help\fR
Show this usage message.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B starchcat
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B starchcat
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.B info starchcat
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should give you access to the complete manual.