MASH(1)

NAME¶

mash - fast genome and metagenome distance estimation using MinHash

SYNOPSIS¶

mash <command> [options] [arguments ...]

mash is the main executable for the Mash software. The actual functionality is provided by the subtools ('commands'):

bounds

Print a table of Mash error bounds.

dist

Estimate the distance of query sequences to references.

info

Display information about sketch files.

paste

Create a single sketch file from multiple sketch files.

sketch

Create sketches (reduced representations for fast operations).