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MASH(1)   MASH(1)

NAME

mash - fast genome and metagenome distance estimation using MinHash

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

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.

screen

Determine whether query sequences are within a larger pool of sequences.

sketch

Create sketches (reduced representations for fast operations).

triangle

Estimate a lower-triangular distance matrix.

SEE ALSO

mash-dist(1), mash-info(1), mash-paste(1), mash-screen(1), mash-sketch(1), mash-triangle(1)

2019-12-13