NAME

       obidistribute - description of obidistribute

       obidistribute  distributes  equitably  a  set  of  sequence records over several files (No
       sequence records are printed on standard output).

       The number of files is set using the -n option (required). File names  are  build  with  a
       prefix if provided (-p``option) and the file number (1 to ``n).

       Example:

              > obidistribute -n 10 -p 'part' seq.fastq

          Distribute  the  sequence  records contained in the seq.fastq file and distributes them
          over files part_1.fastq to part_10.fastq.

OBIDISTRIBUTE SPECIFIC OPTIONS

       -n <INT>, --number=<INT>
              Number of files to distribute over.

       -p <STRING>, --prefix=<STRING>
              Prefix added at each file name.

OPTIONS TO SPECIFY INPUT FORMAT

   Restrict the analysis to a sub-part of the input file
       --skip <N>
              The N first sequence records of the file are discarded from the  analysis  and  not
              reported to the output file

       --only <N>
              Only  the N next sequence records of the file are analyzed. The following sequences
              in the file are neither analyzed, neither reported to the output file.  This option
              can be used conjointly with the –skip option.

   Sequence annotated format
       --genbank
              Input file is in genbank format.

       --embl Input file is in embl format.

   fasta related format
       --fasta
              Input file is in fasta format (including OBITools fasta extensions).

   fastq related format
       --sanger
              Input  file  is  in  Sanger  fastq  format  (standard  fastq  used  by  HiSeq/MiSeq
              sequencers).

       --solexa
              Input file is in fastq format produced by Solexa (Ga IIx) sequencers.

   ecoPCR related format
       --ecopcr
              Input file is in ecoPCR format.

       --ecopcrdb
              Input is an ecoPCR database.

   Specifying the sequence type
       --nuc  Input file contains nucleic sequences.

       --prot Input file contains protein sequences.

OPTIONS TO SPECIFY OUTPUT FORMAT

   Standard output format
       --fasta-output
              Output sequences in OBITools fasta format

       --fastq-output
              Output sequences in Sanger fastq format

   Generating an ecoPCR database
       --ecopcrdb-output=<PREFIX_FILENAME>
              Creates an ecoPCR database from sequence records results

   Miscellaneous option
       --uppercase
              Print sequences in upper case (default is lower case)

COMMON OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Shows this help message and exits.

       --DEBUG
              Sets logging in debug mode.

AUTHOR

       The OBITools Development Team - LECA

COPYRIGHT

       2019 - 2015, OBITool Development Team

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