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KMC_TOOLS-SORT(1)   KMC_TOOLS-SORT(1)

kmc_tools-sort - sort KMC databases

kmc_tools sort <inputdb> [input_params] <output> [output_params]

Converts database produced by KMC2.x to KMC1.x database format (which contains k-mers in sorted order)

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

For output there are additional parameters:

-cs<value>

maximal value of a counter

kmc_tools sort wy_kmc2 -ci3 -cx1000 wy_kmc1 -cs255

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.