help:

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

subcommands:

Database operation

add

Adds field and value pairs.

delete

Deletes specific records.

drop

Deletes entire fields.

index

Adds a numeric index field.

rename

Renames fields.

select

Selects specific records.

sort

Sorts records by field values.

update

Updates field and value pairs.

merge

Merges files.

split

Splits database files by field values.

output files:

sequences

FASTA formatted sequences output from the subcommands fasta and clip.

<field>-<value>

database files partitioned by annotation <field> and <value>.

parse-<command>

output of the database modification functions where <command> is one of the subcommands add, index, drop, delete, rename, select, sort or update.

required fields:

sequence_id