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.TH PYFASTX "1" "November 2022" "pyfastx version 0.8.4" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
pyfastx \- fast random access to sequences from FASTA/Q file
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: pyfastx COMMAND [OPTIONS]
.PP
A command line tool for FASTA/Q file manipulation
.SS "options:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
show program's version number and exit
.PP
Commands:
.TP
index
build index for fasta/q file
.TP
stat
show detailed statistics information of fasta/q file
.TP
split
split fasta/q file into multiple files
.TP
fq2fa
convert fastq file to fasta file
.TP
subseq
get subsequences from fasta file by region
.TP
sample
randomly sample sequences from fasta or fastq file
.TP
extract
extract full sequences or reads from fasta/q file
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
Each subcommand has its own on line help,
which can be queried for instance with:
.PP
.in +4n
.EX
$ pyfastx index --help
usage: pyfastx index [-h] [-f] fastx [fastx ...]

positional arguments:
  fastx       fasta or fastq file, gzip support

options:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -f, --full  build full index, base composition will be calculated
.EE
.in
.PP
Look up /usr/share/doc/pyfast/README.rst for more complete documentation.