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MASON_GENOME(1) MASON_GENOME(1)

mason_genome - Random Genome Simulation

mason_genome [OPTIONS] [-l LEN]+ -o OUT.fa

Simulate a random genome to the output file. For each -l/--contig-length entry, a contig with the given length will be simulated.

Display the help message.
Display version information.
Set verbosity to a minimum.
Enable verbose output.
Enable very verbose output.

Length of the contig to simulate. Give one -l value for each contig to simulate. In range [1..inf].
The seed to use for the random number generator. Default: 0.

Output file. Valid filetypes are: .sam[.*], .raw[.*], .frn[.*], .fq[.*], .fna[.*], .ffn[.*], .fastq[.*], .fasta[.*], .faa[.*], .fa[.*], and .bam, where * is any of the following extensions: gz, bz2, and bgzf for transparent (de)compression.

Simulate a genome with two contigs of lengths 1000 and 4000 and write it to genome.fa.
mason_genome 2.0.9 [tarball]