mzcbor-spectrum2json(1)

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💖 mzcbor-spectrum2json 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about mzcbor-spectrum2json(1) — that's a program from the libpappsomspp CLI programs fam, and no cap, it is lowkey iconic. it's a command line interface program, and it does exactly one extremely cute thing: scoop a spectrum out of an mzCBOR file and hand it to you as JSON. periodt. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

mzcbor-spectrum2json — extract a spectrum element from mzCBOR and convert it to JSON 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mzcbor-spectrum2json -i <index> <mzcbor_file>

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so, the mzcbor-spectrum2json command line interface program extracts one spectrum element from an mzCBOR file, given its spectrum index, and then writes it out as a JSON data file to the standard output. main character energy honestly.

and the JSON spectrum output? it mimics the structure of the mzML spectrum element, but the spectrum binary data array is decoded, uncompressed and simplified so you can just use the data points directly. it's giving convenience. 💅

now a lil lore drop: CBOR stands for Concise Binary Object Representation, a binary data format designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF, RFC 8949). its whole goal is to crank up processing and transfer speeds — at the cost of human data readability, which, yeah, fair trade, we accept. 🙈

and the whole reason this format exists as a glow-up replacement for mzML is not only to save storage space, but also because of the speed benefits during parsing and processing. faster + smaller = ate. 🔥

1. Input 🍓

  • A mass spectrometry data file in the mzCBOR format

2. Output 🧚

  • A JSON document containing one or more spectrum element
fr fr, one or more spectrum element — that's what the docs say and I'm not gonna lie to you about it.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h [ --help ] — print the help message. your lil safety net, bestie 🫶
  • -v [ --version ] — print the version of the software. vibe check the build, iykyk 💜

👑 MAN PAGE PRODUCTION 👑

This man page was written by Olivier Langella <olivier.langella@cnrs.fr> for the Debian package. 💖

💜 Author 💜

Olivier Langella <olivier.langella@cnrs.fr>

Olivier Langella & Filippo Rusconi

and that's the whole page, bestie. this rewrite comes to you courtesy of libpappsomspp CLI programs, version 1, dated 20260208 — mzcbor-spectrum2json(1), slay, bye 👑✨

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