NAME

       flattenGTF - toolkit for processing next-gen sequencing data

DESCRIPTION

       flattenGTF Version 2.0.1

              Flatten features included in a GTF annotation and save the modified annotation to a
              SAF format file.

   Usage:
              ./flattenGTF [options] -a <input_file> -o <output_file>

       ## Mandatory arguments:

       -a <file>
              Name of an annotation file in GTF/GFF format.

       -o <file>
              Name of output file.

       ## Optional arguments:

       -t <string>
              Specify feature type in a GTF annotation. 'exon' by  default.   Features  with  the
              specified feature type are extracted from the annotation for processing.

       -g <string>
              Specify  attribute  type  in  GTF annotation. 'gene_id' by default.  This attribute
              type is used to group features into metafeatures.

       -C     Merging overlapping exons into multiple non-overlapping exons but all the edges are
              kept.

AUTHOR

        This manpage was written by Nilesh Patra for the Debian distribution and
        can be used for any other usage of the program.