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KMC_TOOLS-COMPACT(1)   KMC_TOOLS-COMPACT(1)

kmc_tools-compact - remove counters of k-mers

kmc_tools compact <inputdb> [input_params] <output>

This command removes counters from the database and stores only k-mers.

For each input there are additional parameters:

-ci<value>

exclude k-mers occurring less than <value> times

-cx<value>

exclude k-mers occurring more of than <value> times

kmc_tools compact wy_kmc2 -ci3 -cx1000 wy_kmc1

KMC was originally written by:

•Sebastian Deorowicz ( <sebastian.deorowicz@polsl.pl>)

•Marek Kokot

•Szymon Grabowski

•Agnieszka Debudaj-Grabysz

KMC is a free software distributed under GNU GPL3 licence for academic, research, and commercial use.