NAME

       msconvert      —       Convert mass spectrometry data file formats.

SYNOPSIS

       msconvert [options]  [filemasks]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the msconvert software shipped within the libpwiz-tools
       package. This program allows one to convert mass spectrometry data files from  one  format
       to  another.  Since  this  version  is  built  on  the Free Software Debian platform, only
       conversions involving Free Software can be performed [that is, *not* involving proprietary
       Microsoft Windows-based dynamic linking libraries (dlls)].

OPTIONS

       -v | --verbose
                 Display detailed processing progress information.

       --help    Show this message, with extra detail on filter options.

       -f | --filelist filename
                 Uses the contents of filename which lists filenames.

       -o | --outdir dir
                 Set  the  output  directory  ('-'  for  stdout)  to  dir. By default, the output
                 directory is '.' (that is, the current working directory).

       -c | --config filename
                 Set the configuration file to filename.

       --outfile filename
                 Override the name of the output file.

       -e | --ext ext
                 Set the extension of the output files to ext. Can be mzML or  mzXML  or  mgf  or
                 txt.

       --mzML    Write mzML format (default).

       --mzXML   Write mzXML format.

       --mgf     Write mgf Mascot generic format.

       --text    Write ProteoWizard internal text format.

       --ms1     Write MS1 format.

       --cms1    Write CMS1 format.

       --ms2     Write MS2 format.

       --cms2    Write CMS2 format.

       --64      Set default binary encoding to 64-bit precision (default).

       --32      Set default binary encoding to 32-bit precision.

       --mz64    Encode m/z values in 64-bit precision (default).

       --mz32    Encode m/z values in 32-bit precision.

       --inten64 Encode intensity values in 64-bit precision.

       --inten32 Encode intensity values in 32-bit precision (default).

       --noindex Do not write index.

       -i | --contactInfo filename
                 Use filename for contact info.

       -z | --zlib
                 Use zlib compression for binary data.

       -g | --gzip
                 gzip entire output file (adds .gz to filename).

       --filter arg
                 Add a spectrum list filter.

       --merge   Create  a  single  output  file  from multiple input files by merging file-level
                 metadata and concatenating spectrum lists.

       --simAsSpectra
                 Write selected ion monitoring as spectra, not chromatograms.

       --srmAsSpectra
                 Write selected reaction monitoring as spectra, not chromatograms.

EXAMPLES

       Convert data.RAW to data.mzXML

       msconvert data.RAW --mzXML

       Put output file in my_output_dir

       msconvert data.RAW -o my_output_dir

       Extract scan indices 5...10 and 20...25

       msconvert data.RAW --filter "index [5,10] [20,25]"

       Extract MS1 scans only

       msconvert data.RAW --filter "msLevel 1"

       Extract MSn scans for n>1

       msconvert data.RAW --filter "msLevel 2-"

       Use a configuration file

       msconvert data.RAW -c config.txt

RETURN VALUE

       The number of failed files.

AUTHOR

       Filippo Rusconi <lopippo@debian.org>

       This manual page was written by Filippo Rusconi <lopippo@debian.org> (initial  writing  05
       december  2013).  Permission  is  granted  to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU General Public  License,  Version  3,  published  by  the  Free
       Software Foundation.

       On  a  Debian  system the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 3 can be
       found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.

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