Provided by: gffread_0.12.7-4_amd64
NAME
gffread - GFF/GTF utility providing format conversions, region filtering, FASTA sequence extraction
SYNOPSIS
gffread <input_gff> [-g <genomic_seqs_fasta> | <dir>][-s <seq_info.fsize>] [-o <outfile.gff>] [-t <tname>] [-r [[<strand>]<chr>:]<start>..<end> [-R]] [-CTVNJMKQAFPGUBHZWTOLE] [-w <exons.fa>] [-x <cds.fa>] [-y <tr_cds.fa>] [-i <maxintron>] [--sort-by <refseq_list.txt>]
DESCRIPTION
Filter and convert GFF3/GTF2 records, extract corresponding sequences etc. By default (i.e. without -O) only process transcripts, ignore other features. <input_gff> is a GFF file, use '-' for stdin
OPTIONS
-i discard transcripts having an intron larger than <maxintron> -l discard transcripts shorter than <minlen> bases -r only show transcripts overlapping coordinate range <start>..<end> (on chromosome/contig <chr>, strand <strand> if provided) -R for -r option, discard all transcripts that are not fully contained within the given range -U discard single-exon transcripts -C coding only: discard mRNAs that have no CDS features --nc non-coding only: discard mRNAs that have CDS features --ignore-locus : discard locus features and attributes found in the input -A use the description field from <seq_info.fsize> and add it as the value for a 'descr' attribute to the GFF record -s <seq_info.fsize> is a tab-delimited file providing this info for each of the mapped sequences: <seq-name> <seq-length> <seq-description> (useful for -A option with mRNA/EST/protein mappings) Sorting: (by default, chromosomes are kept in the order they were found) --sort-alpha : chromosomes (reference sequences) are sorted alphabetically --sort-by : sort the reference sequences by the order in which their names are given in the <refseq.lst> file Misc options: -F attempt to preserve all GFF attributes preservation --keep-exon-attrs : for -F option, do not attempt to reduce redundant exon/CDS attributes -G do not keep exon attributes, move them to the transcript feature (for GFF3 output) --keep-genes : in transcript-only mode (default), also preserve gene records --keep-comments: for GFF3 input/output, try to preserve comments -O process other non-transcript GFF records (by default non-transcript records are ignored) -V discard any mRNAs with CDS having in-frame stop codons (requires -g) -H for -V option, check and adjust the starting CDS phase if the original phase leads to a translation with an in-frame stop codon -B for -V option, single-exon transcripts are also checked on the opposite strand (requires -g) -P add transcript level GFF attributes about the coding status of each transcript, including partialness or in-frame stop codons (requires -g) --add-hasCDS : add a "hasCDS" attribute with value "true" for transcripts that have CDS features --adj-stop stop codon adjustment: enables -P and performs automatic adjustment of the CDS stop coordinate if premature or downstream -N discard multi-exon mRNAs that have any intron with a non-canonical splice site consensus (i.e. not GT-AG, GC-AG or AT-AC) -J discard any mRNAs that either lack initial START codon or the terminal STOP codon, or have an in-frame stop codon (i.e. only print mRNAs with a complete CDS) --no-pseudo: filter out records matching the 'pseudo' keyword --in-bed: input should be parsed as BED format (automatic if the input filename ends with .bed*) --in-tlf: input GFF-like one-line-per-transcript format without exon/CDS features (see --tlf option below); automatic if the input filename ends with .tlf) Clustering: -M/--merge : cluster the input transcripts into loci, discarding "duplicated" transcripts (those with the same exact introns and fully contained or equal boundaries) -d <dupinfo> : for -M option, write duplication info to file <dupinfo> --cluster-only: same as -M/--merge but without discarding any of the "duplicate" transcripts, only create "locus" features -K for -M option: also discard as redundant the shorter, fully contained transcripts (intron chains matching a part of the container) -Q for -M option, no longer require boundary containment when assessing redundancy (can be combined with -K); only introns have to match for multi-exon transcripts, and >=80% overlap for single-exon transcripts -Y for -M option, enforce -Q but also discard overlapping single-exon transcripts, even on the opposite strand (can be combined with -K) Output options: --force-exons: make sure that the lowest level GFF features are considered "exon" features --gene2exon: for single-line genes not parenting any transcripts, add an exon feature spanning the entire gene (treat it as a transcript) -D decode url encoded characters within attributes -Z merge very close exons into a single exon (when intron size<4) -g full path to a multi-fasta file with the genomic sequences for all input mappings, OR a directory with single-fasta files (one per genomic sequence, with file names matching sequence names) -w write a fasta file with spliced exons for each GFF transcript -x write a fasta file with spliced CDS for each GFF transcript -y write a protein fasta file with the translation of CDS for each record -W for -w and -x options, write in the FASTA defline the exon coordinates projected onto the spliced sequence; for -y option, write transcript attributes in the FASTA defline -S for -y option, use '*' instead of '.' as stop codon translation -L Ensembl GTF to GFF3 conversion (implies -F; should be used with -m) -m <chr_replace> is a name mapping table for converting reference sequence names, having this 2-column format: <original_ref_ID> <new_ref_ID> WARNING: all GFF records on reference sequences whose original IDs are not found in the 1st column of this table will be discarded! -t use <trackname> in the 2nd column of each GFF/GTF output line -o print the GFF records to <outfile.gff> (those that passed any given filters). Use -o- to enable printing of to stdout -T for -o, output will be GTF instead of GFF3 --bed for -o, output BED format instead of GFF3 --tlf for -o, output "transcript line format" which is like GFF but exons, CDS features and related data are stored as GFF attributes in the transcript feature line, like this: exoncount=N;exons=<exons>;CDSphase=<N>;CDS=<CDScoords> <exons> is a comma-delimited list of exon_start-exon_end coordinates; <CDScoords> is CDS_start:CDS_end coordinates or a list like <exons>; -v,-E expose (warn about) duplicate transcript IDs and other potential problems with the given GFF/GTF records
AUTHOR
This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program.