simkaMin(1)

simkaMin1

Comparative metagenomics method dedicated to ngs datasets

Overview

[main options]:

-in

(1 arg) : input file of datasets. One sample per line: id1: filename1...

-out

(1 arg) : output directory for result files (distance matrices) [Default: ./simka_results]

-seed

(1 arg) : seed used for random k-mer selection [Default: 100]

-bin

(1 arg) : path to simkaMinCore program (to be specified if not in PATH, or not in standard installation directory <simkaDir>/build/bin/simkaMinCore)

[core options]:

-nb-cores

(1 arg) : number of cores [Default: 0]

-max-memory

(1 arg) : max memory (MB) [Default: 8000]

[k-mer options]:

-kmer-size

(1 arg) : size of a kmer [Default: 21]

-nb-kmers

(1 arg) : number of kmers used to compute distances [Default: 1000000]

-filter

(0 arg) : filter out k-mer seen one time (potentially erroneous)

[read options]:

-max-reads

(1 arg) : maximum number of reads per sample to process [Default: 0]

-min-read-size

(1 arg) : minimal size a read should have to be kept [Default: 0]

-min-shannon-index

(1 arg) : minimal Shannon index a read should have to be kept. Float in [0,2] [Default: 0]

Releases

Unchanged in 3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

  1. 11–13

Author

This manpage was written by Shayan Doust for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program.

From simkamin 1.5.3-8 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.