NAME

       bowtie2-inspect - extracts information from a bowtie2 index

SYNOPSIS

       bowtie2-inspect [options]* <bt2_base>

DESCRIPTION

       No  index  name  given!   Bowtie  2  version  2.1.0  by  Ben Langmead (langmea@cs.jhu.edu,
       www.cs.jhu.edu/~langmea)

       <bt2_base>
              bt2 filename minus trailing .1.bt2/.2.bt2

              By default, prints FASTA records of the indexed nucleotide  sequences  to  standard
              out.   With  -n,  just  prints  names.  With -s, just prints a summary of the index
              parameters and sequences.  With -e, preserves colors if applicable.

OPTIONS

       -a/--across <int>
              Number of characters across in FASTA output (default: 60)

       -n/--names
              Print reference sequence names only

       -s/--summary
              Print summary incl. ref names, lengths, index properties

       -e/--bt2-ref
              Reconstruct reference from .bt2 (slow, preserves colors)

       -v/--verbose
              Verbose output (for debugging)

       -h/--help
              print detailed description of tool and its options

       --help print this usage message