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.TH BOWTIE2-INSPECT "1" "April 2024" "bowtie2-inspect 2.5.3" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
bowtie2-inspect \- wrapper for bowtie2-inspect-* index
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B bowtie2-inspect
[\fI\,options\/\fR]\fI\,* <bt2_base>\/\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION

Bowtie 2 version 2.5.3 by Ben Langmead (langmea@cs.jhu.edu, www.cs.jhu.edu/~langmea)
.TP
<bt2_base>
bt2 filename minus trailing .1.bt2/.2.bt2
.IP
By default, prints FASTA records of the indexed nucleotide sequences to
standard out.  With \fB\-n\fR, just prints names.  With \fB\-s\fR, just prints a summary of
the index parameters and sequences.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-large\-index\fR
force inspection of the 'large' index, even if a
\&'small' one is present.
.TP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
use the debug binary; slower, assertions enabled
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
log the issued command
.TP
\fB\-a\fR/\-\-across <int>
Number of characters across in FASTA output (default: 60)
.TP
\fB\-n\fR/\-\-names
Print reference sequence names only
.TP
\fB\-s\fR/\-\-summary
Print summary incl. ref names, lengths, index properties
.TP
\fB\-o\fR/\-\-output
Save output to filename (default stdout)
.TP
\fB\-v\fR/\-\-verbose
Verbose output (for debugging)
.TP
\fB\-h\fR/\-\-help
print this and message quit