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.TH STARCH-DIFF "1" "July 2022" "starch-diff 2.4.41+dfsg" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
starch-diff \- manual page for starch-diff 2.4.41+dfsg
.SH DESCRIPTION
starch\-diff
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citation: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/14/1919.abstract
version:  2.4.41
authors:  Alex Reynolds and Shane Neph
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\f(CW$ starch-diff [ --chr <chr> ] starch-file-1 starch-file-2 [ starch-file-3 ... ]\fR
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The 'starch\-diff' utility compares the signatures of two or more specified
Starch v2.2+ archives for all chromosomes, or for a specified chromosome.
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The typical output of 'starch\-diff' is a message indicating that the
archives' chromosome(s) are identical or dissimilar, written to the standard
error stream.
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In addition, if all chromosomes are identical, 'starch\-diff' exits with a
zero status code. Likewise, if any chromosomes are dissimilar, 'starch\-diff'
exits with a non\-zero status code. This facilitates testing in a scripting
environment.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B starch-diff
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B starch-diff
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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.B info starch-diff
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should give you access to the complete manual.