GT-SEQORDER(1)

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version 1.6.6 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 NAME 💖

gt-seqorder — the little tool that spits your sequences back out as MultiFasta, but in exactly the order you asked for. bestie, it's giving "queue manager but make it genomics" ✨

This one lives in the GenomeTools manual, section 1. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gt seqorder (-invert|-sort|-revsort|-shuffle|-sorthdr|-sorthdrnum)
encseq

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the whole vibe: you hand it an encseq, you pick one of the ordering modes, and it hands you back your sequences in a fresh order. every single option takes [yes|no], and literally all of them default to no, so if you don't say anything, nothing gets reordered. 💅

  • -invert [yes|no] — flips the order of your sequences all the way around. backwards, but make it fashion. (default: no)
  • -sort [yes|no] — sorts the sequences lexicographically, and yeah, it's sorting by the actual sequence itself, not the header. (default: no)
  • -revsort [yes|no] — same lexicographic sort energy, except reversed. reverse lexicographic order, periodt. (default: no)
  • -sorthdr [yes|no] — sorts lexicographically by the sequence header this time. headers getting their moment. 🎀 (default: no)
  • -sorthdrnum [yes|no] — sorts numerically by the sequence header. numbers, not letters, no cap. (default: no)
  • -shuffle [yes|no] — shuffles your sequences pseudo-randomly. chaos, but a controlled kind. 🌀 (default: no)
  • -sortlength [yes|no] — sorts by decreasing length, so the big ones come first and the little ones know their place. (default: no)
  • -help — shows you the help and then dips. ✌️
  • -version — tells you the version info and bounces. 🌈
lowkey important: the synopsis only lists -invert, -sort, -revsort, -shuffle, -sorthdr and -sorthdrnum as the pick-one options — but every flag above is in this house and you deserve to know about all of them. 🫶

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, bestie — report it to https://github.com/genometools/genometools/issues. the maintainers will eat. 🍓

and that's the whole page!! this beauty ships with GenomeTools 1.6.6, dated 11/09/2025 — so if you're reading this, that's the version + date energy you're working with. go forth and sort those sequences, you absolute icon 👑✨💖

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