GT-SEQTRANSFORM(1)

🦋 GT-SEQTRANSFORM — the glow-up page

okay bestie, so <pink>gt-seqtransform</pink> is a little tool from the GenomeTools manual that does simple transformations on whatever sequence file(s) you hand it. that's it. that's the vibe. it takes your sequences and, like, tweaks them a lil bit. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gt seqtransform [option ...] [sequence_file ...]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

fr fr, this is the part where the magic happens. you give it some sequence files and some flags, and it does cute little edits. here's everything it can do, no cap, nothing skipped:

• -addstopaminos [yes|no] — appends stop amino acids (*) to the protein sequences you give it, but only if they don't already have one. it's not gonna double up on you, bestie. (default: no)
• -width [value] — sets the output width for FASTA sequence printing. and the iconique detail: 0 disables formatting entirely. (default: 0)
• -o [filename] — redirects the output to the file you specify instead of wherever it was going. (default: undefined, aka nowhere specific)
• -gzip [yes|no] — writes a gzip compressed output file. squeeze it. 🫶 (default: no)
• -bzip2 [yes|no] — writes a bzip2 compressed output file. also squeeze, different algorithm. (default: no)
• -force [yes|no] — forces writing to the output file. it will simply do it, consequences be damned. (default: no)
• -help — displays the help and then exits. classic. 🌸
• -version — displays version information and then exits. ⭐

lowkey important: -force means what it means. if you're not sure you want the output file overwritten, maybe don't pass it. i'm just the messenger. 😭

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🎀 REPORTING BUGS 🎀

found something cursed? found a bug? don't just scream into the group chat, take it here:

https://github.com/genometools/genometools/issues

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜 this was GenomeTools 1.6.6, dated 11/09/2025, and honestly? iconic behavior from the GenomeTools girlies. go transform some sequences, you got this. 👑✨🦋