PS_LAV(1)

💅 PS_LAV — section 1 of the General Commands Manual 💅

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is short and sweet and honestly kind of iconic. it's ps_lav, it lives in manual section 1, and it makes pretty pictures out of alignment data. that's the whole vibe. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ps_lav [-B] [-Z db_size] — plot an "lav" file in postscript.

no cap, that's the entire one-liner. short queen. 👑

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so ps_lav is a simple program that takes "lav" format output from "lalign35" and turns it into postscript alignment plots — and those plots look like "dot-plots". 💖

it was literally designed to work with the output of the lalign35 program, but ngl it should work with other lav output too. flexible. generous. main character energy. 🦋

here are the flags, and yes there are only two, and yes they both eat:

• -B — color those alignment lines using the "bit" score. cute AND informative. 💚
• -Z db_size — sets the effective database size for an E()-value calculation to db_size, and colors the alignment lines using those E()-values instead. 🎨

⚠️ heads up bestie: -Z requires bit scores in the lav output. no bit scores, no E()-value party. you've been warned. 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Bill Pearson wrp@virginia.EDU

and that's the page fr fr — this one came from local, it's page PS_LAV(1) in section 1 of the manual, and there's no date on it, just vibes. 🫶🌸 stay slaying, plot responsibly. 💖✨