sizeseq Wiki The master copies of EMBOSS documentation are available at http://emboss.open-bio.org/wiki/Appdocs on the EMBOSS Wiki. Please help by correcting and extending the Wiki pages. Function Sort sequences by size Description sizeseq reads a set of sequences and sorts them by length. By default the sort is in ascending order. Usage Here is a sample session with sizeseq % sizeseq -osformat swiss Sort sequences by size Input sequence set: globins.fasta Return longest sequence first [N]: output sequence(s) [globins.swiss]: Go to the input files for this example Go to the output files for this example Command line arguments Sort sequences by size Version: EMBOSS:6.4.0.0 Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers: [-sequences] seqset Sequence set filename and optional format, or reference (input USA) -descending boolean [N] By default the shortest sequence is given first. [-outseq] seqoutall [.] Sequence set(s) filename and optional format (output USA) Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none) Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: -feature boolean Sequence feature information will be retained if this option is set. Associated qualifiers: "-sequences" associated qualifiers -sbegin1 integer Start of each sequence to be used -send1 integer End of each sequence to be used -sreverse1 boolean Reverse (if DNA) -sask1 boolean Ask for begin/end/reverse -snucleotide1 boolean Sequence is nucleotide -sprotein1 boolean Sequence is protein -slower1 boolean Make lower case -supper1 boolean Make upper case -sformat1 string Input sequence format -sdbname1 string Database name -sid1 string Entryname -ufo1 string UFO features -fformat1 string Features format -fopenfile1 string Features file name "-outseq" associated qualifiers -osformat2 string Output seq format -osextension2 string File name extension -osname2 string Base file name -osdirectory2 string Output directory -osdbname2 string Database name to add -ossingle2 boolean Separate file for each entry -oufo2 string UFO features -offormat2 string Features format -ofname2 string Features file name -ofdirectory2 string Output directory General qualifiers: -auto boolean Turn off prompts -stdout boolean Write first file to standard output -filter boolean Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output -options boolean Prompt for standard and additional values -debug boolean Write debug output to program.dbg -verbose boolean Report some/full command line options -help boolean Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose -warning boolean Report warnings -error boolean Report errors -fatal boolean Report fatal errors -die boolean Report dying program messages -version boolean Report version number and exit Input file format sizeseq reads one or more nucleotide or protein sequences. The input is a standard EMBOSS sequence query (also known as a 'USA'). Major sequence database sources defined as standard in EMBOSS installations include srs:embl, srs:uniprot and ensembl Data can also be read from sequence output in any supported format written by an EMBOSS or third-party application. The input format can be specified by using the command-line qualifier -sformat xxx, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. The available format names are: gff (gff3), gff2, embl (em), genbank (gb, refseq), ddbj, refseqp, pir (nbrf), swissprot (swiss, sw), dasgff and debug. See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html for further information on sequence formats. Input files for usage example File: globins.fasta >HBB_HUMAN Sw:Hbb_Human => HBB_HUMAN VHLTPEEKSAVTALWGKVNVDEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFESFGDLSTPDAVMGNPKV KAHGKKVLGAFSDGLAHLDNLKGTFATLSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGNVLVCVLAHHFGK EFTPPVQAAYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH >HBB_HORSE Sw:Hbb_Horse => HBB_HORSE VQLSGEEKAAVLALWDKVNEEEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFDSFGDLSNPGAVMGNPKV KAHGKKVLHSFGEGVHHLDNLKGTFAALSELHCDKLHVDPENFRLLGNVLVVVLARHFGK DFTPELQASYQKVVAGVANALAHKYH >HBA_HUMAN Sw:Hba_Human => HBA_HUMAN VLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFLSFPTTKTYFPHFDLSHGSAQVKGHGK KVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKLLSHCLLVTLAAHLPAEFTPA VHASLDKFLASVSTVLTSKYR >HBA_HORSE Sw:Hba_Horse => HBA_HORSE VLSAADKTNVKAAWSKVGGHAGEYGAEALERMFLGFPTTKTYFPHFDLSHGSAQVKAHGK KVGDALTLAVGHLDDLPGALSNLSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFKLLSHCLLSTLAVHLPNDFTPA VHASLDKFLSSVSTVLTSKYR >MYG_PHYCA Sw:Myg_Phyca => MYG_PHYCA VLSEGEWQLVLHVWAKVEADVAGHGQDILIRLFKSHPETLEKFDRFKHLKTEAEMKASED LKKHGVTVLTALGAILKKKGHHEAELKPLAQSHATKHKIPIKYLEFISEAIIHVLHSRHP GDFGADAQGAMNKALELFRKDIAAKYKELGYQG >GLB5_PETMA Sw:Glb5_Petma => GLB5_PETMA PIVDTGSVAPLSAAEKTKIRSAWAPVYSTYETSGVDILVKFFTSTPAAQEFFPKFKGLTT ADQLKKSADVRWHAERIINAVNDAVASMDDTEKMSMKLRDLSGKHAKSFQVDPQYFKVLA AVIADTVAAGDAGFEKLMSMICILLRSAY >LGB2_LUPLU Sw:Lgb2_Luplu => LGB2_LUPLU GALTESQAALVKSSWEEFNANIPKHTHRFFILVLEIAPAAKDLFSFLKGTSEVPQNNPEL QAHAGKVFKLVYEAAIQLQVTGVVVTDATLKNLGSVHVSKGVADAHFPVVKEAILKTIKE VVGAKWSEELNSAWTIAYDELAIVIKKEMNDAA Output file format The output is a standard EMBOSS sequence file. The results can be output in one of several styles by using the command-line qualifier -osformat xxx, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. The available format names are: embl, genbank, gff, pir, swiss, dasgff, debug, listfile, dbmotif, diffseq, excel, feattable, motif, nametable, regions, seqtable, simple, srs, table, tagseq. See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html for further information on sequence formats. sizeseq rewrites the sequences in sorted order. Output files for usage example File: globins.swiss ID HBA_HUMAN Reviewed; 141 AA. DE Sw:Hba_Human => HBA_HUMAN SQ SEQUENCE 141 AA; 15126 MW; 34D13618E62A33C1 CRC64; VLSPADKTNV KAAWGKVGAH AGEYGAEALE RMFLSFPTTK TYFPHFDLSH GSAQVKGHGK KVADALTNAV AHVDDMPNAL SALSDLHAHK LRVDPVNFKL LSHCLLVTLA AHLPAEFTPA VHASLDKFLA SVSTVLTSKY R // ID HBA_HORSE Reviewed; 141 AA. DE Sw:Hba_Horse => HBA_HORSE SQ SEQUENCE 141 AA; 15114 MW; 128B9100A4D8457A CRC64; VLSAADKTNV KAAWSKVGGH AGEYGAEALE RMFLGFPTTK TYFPHFDLSH GSAQVKAHGK KVGDALTLAV GHLDDLPGAL SNLSDLHAHK LRVDPVNFKL LSHCLLSTLA VHLPNDFTPA VHASLDKFLS SVSTVLTSKY R // ID HBB_HUMAN Reviewed; 146 AA. DE Sw:Hbb_Human => HBB_HUMAN SQ SEQUENCE 146 AA; 15867 MW; EACBC707CFD466A1 CRC64; VHLTPEEKSA VTALWGKVNV DEVGGEALGR LLVVYPWTQR FFESFGDLST PDAVMGNPKV KAHGKKVLGA FSDGLAHLDN LKGTFATLSE LHCDKLHVDP ENFRLLGNVL VCVLAHHFGK EFTPPVQAAY QKVVAGVANA LAHKYH // ID HBB_HORSE Reviewed; 146 AA. DE Sw:Hbb_Horse => HBB_HORSE SQ SEQUENCE 146 AA; 16008 MW; 734664793DA642EE CRC64; VQLSGEEKAA VLALWDKVNE EEVGGEALGR LLVVYPWTQR FFDSFGDLSN PGAVMGNPKV KAHGKKVLHS FGEGVHHLDN LKGTFAALSE LHCDKLHVDP ENFRLLGNVL VVVLARHFGK DFTPELQASY QKVVAGVANA LAHKYH // ID GLB5_PETMA Reviewed; 149 AA. DE Sw:Glb5_Petma => GLB5_PETMA SQ SEQUENCE 149 AA; 16270 MW; CD2305FB92DACD59 CRC64; PIVDTGSVAP LSAAEKTKIR SAWAPVYSTY ETSGVDILVK FFTSTPAAQE FFPKFKGLTT ADQLKKSADV RWHAERIINA VNDAVASMDD TEKMSMKLRD LSGKHAKSFQ VDPQYFKVLA AVIADTVAAG DAGFEKLMSM ICILLRSAY // ID LGB2_LUPLU Reviewed; 153 AA. DE Sw:Lgb2_Luplu => LGB2_LUPLU SQ SEQUENCE 153 AA; 16652 MW; FE29AB9DEF33AFC8 CRC64; GALTESQAAL VKSSWEEFNA NIPKHTHRFF ILVLEIAPAA KDLFSFLKGT SEVPQNNPEL QAHAGKVFKL VYEAAIQLQV TGVVVTDATL KNLGSVHVSK GVADAHFPVV KEAILKTIKE VVGAKWSEEL NSAWTIAYDE LAIVIKKEMN DAA // ID MYG_PHYCA Reviewed; 153 AA. DE Sw:Myg_Phyca => MYG_PHYCA SQ SEQUENCE 153 AA; 17200 MW; 543D385C66FEE1E1 CRC64; VLSEGEWQLV LHVWAKVEAD VAGHGQDILI RLFKSHPETL EKFDRFKHLK TEAEMKASED LKKHGVTVLT ALGAILKKKG HHEAELKPLA QSHATKHKIP IKYLEFISEA IIHVLHSRHP GDFGADAQGA MNKALELFRK DIAAKYKELG YQG // Data files None Notes None. References None. Warnings None. Diagnostic Error Messages None. Exit status It always exits with status 0. Known bugs None. See also Program name Description aligncopy Reads and writes alignments aligncopypair Reads and writes pairs from alignments biosed Replace or delete sequence sections codcopy Copy and reformat a codon usage table cutseq Removes a section from a sequence degapseq Removes non-alphabetic (e.g. gap) characters from sequences descseq Alter the name or description of a sequence entret Retrieves sequence entries from flatfile databases and files extractalign Extract regions from a sequence alignment extractfeat Extract features from sequence(s) extractseq Extract regions from a sequence featcopy Reads and writes a feature table featreport Reads and writes a feature table feattext Return a feature table original text listor Write a list file of the logical OR of two sets of sequences makenucseq Create random nucleotide sequences makeprotseq Create random protein sequences maskambignuc Masks all ambiguity characters in nucleotide sequences with N maskambigprot Masks all ambiguity characters in protein sequences with X maskfeat Write a sequence with masked features maskseq Write a sequence with masked regions newseq Create a sequence file from a typed-in sequence nohtml Remove mark-up (e.g. HTML tags) from an ASCII text file noreturn Remove carriage return from ASCII files nospace Remove whitespace from an ASCII text file notab Replace tabs with spaces in an ASCII text file notseq Write to file a subset of an input stream of sequences nthseq Write to file a single sequence from an input stream of sequences nthseqset Reads and writes (returns) one set of sequences from many pasteseq Insert one sequence into another revseq Reverse and complement a nucleotide sequence seqcount Reads and counts sequences seqret Reads and writes (returns) sequences seqretsetall Reads and writes (returns) many sets of sequences seqretsplit Reads sequences and writes them to individual files skipredundant Remove redundant sequences from an input set skipseq Reads and writes (returns) sequences, skipping first few splitsource Split sequence(s) into original source sequences splitter Split sequence(s) into smaller sequences trimest Remove poly-A tails from nucleotide sequences trimseq Remove unwanted characters from start and end of sequence(s) trimspace Remove extra whitespace from an ASCII text file union Concatenate multiple sequences into a single sequence vectorstrip Removes vectors from the ends of nucleotide sequence(s) yank Add a sequence reference (a full USA) to a list file Author(s) Jon Ison European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug (c) emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author. History Target users This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts. Comments None