obicount: counts the number of sequence records

obicount counts the number of sequence records and/or the sum of the count attributes.

Example:

> obicount seq.fasta  

Prints the number of sequence records contained in the seq.fasta file and the sum of their count attributes.

obicount specific options

-a, --all
Prints only the sum of count attributes. If a sequence has no count attribute, its default count is 1.

Example:

> obicount -a seq.fasta

For all sequence records contained in the seq.fasta file, prints only the sum of count attributes.

-s, --sequence
Prints only the number of sequence records.

Example:

> obicount -s seq.fasta

Prints only the number of sequence records contained in the seq.fasta file.

Options to specify input format

Restrict the analysis to a sub-part of the input file

--skip <N>

The N first sequence records of the file are discarded from the analysis and not reported to the output file

--only <N>

Only the N next sequence records of the file are analyzed. The following sequences in the file are neither analyzed, neither reported to the output file. This option can be used conjointly with the –skip option.

Sequence annotated format

--genbank

Input file is in genbank format.

--embl

Input file is in embl format.

Specifying the sequence type

--nuc

Input file contains nucleic sequences.

--prot

Input file contains protein sequences.

Common options

-h, --help

Shows this help message and exits.

--DEBUG

Sets logging in debug mode.

obicount added sequence attribute