NAME

       gt-fingerprint - Compute MD5 fingerprints for each sequence given in sequence_file(s).

SYNOPSIS

       gt fingerprint [option ...] sequence_file [...]

OPTIONS

       -check
           compare all fingerprints contained in the given checklist file with checksums in given
           sequence_files(s). The comparison is successful, if all fingerprints given in checkfile can be found
           in the sequence_file(s) in the exact same quantity and vice versa. (default: undefined)

       -duplicates
           show duplicate fingerprints from given sequence_file(s). (default: no)

       -extract
           extract the sequence(s) with the given fingerprint from sequence_file(s) and show them on stdout.
           (default: undefined)

       -width
           set output width for FASTA sequence printing (0 disables formatting) (default: 0)

       -o
           redirect output to specified file (default: undefined)

       -gzip
           write gzip compressed output file (default: no)

       -bzip2
           write bzip2 compressed output file (default: no)

       -force
           force writing to output file (default: no)

       -help
           display help and exit

       -version
           display version information and exit

DESCRIPTION

       If neither option -check nor option -duplicates is used, the fingerprints for all sequences are shown on
       stdout.

       Examples:

       Compute (unified) list of fingerprints:

           $ gt fingerprint U89959_ests.fas | sort | uniq > U89959_ests.checklist_uniq

       Compare fingerprints:

           $ gt fingerprint -check U89959_ests.checklist_uniq U89959_ests.fas
           950b7715ab6cc030a8c810a0dba2dd33 only in sequence_file(s)

       Make sure a sequence file contains no duplicates (not the case here):

           $ gt fingerprint -duplicates U89959_ests.fas
           950b7715ab6cc030a8c810a0dba2dd33        2
           gt fingerprint: error: duplicates found: 1 out of 200 (0.500%)

       Extract sequence with given fingerprint:

           $ gt fingerprint -extract 6d3b4b9db4531cda588528f2c69c0a57 U89959_ests.fas
           >SQ;8720010
           TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTCCTGACAAAACCCCAAGACTCAATTTAATCAATCCTCAAATTTACATGATACCAACGTAATG
           GGAGCTTAAAAATA

       Return values:

           0  everything went fine (-check: the comparison was successful;
                                    -duplicates: no duplicates found)
           1  an error occured     (-check: the comparison was not successful;
                                    -duplicates: duplicates found)

AUTHOR

       Report bugs to <gt-users@genometools.org>.

                                                   10/10/2012                                  GT-FINGERPRINT(1)