samtom4(1)

samtom41

Convert a sam file generated by blasr(1) to m4 format

Usage

samtom4 in.sam reference.fasta out.m4 [options]

Options

in.sam

Input SAM file, which is produced by blasr.

reference.fasta

Reference used to generate file.sam.

out.m4

Output in blasr(1) M4 format.

-header

Print M4 header.

-useShortRefName

Use abbreviated reference names obtained from file.sam instead of using full names from reference.fasta.

From blasr 5.3+0-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.