merge.sfffiles

Merge.sfffiles The merge.sfffiles command reads a sff file or a file containing a list of sff files and merges the individual files into a single sff file.

Default Settings

The file or sff parameter is required as well as the output option.

file

The file parameter allows you to provide a file containing a list of sff files to merge.

mothur > merge.sfffiles(file=listOfSff.files, output=merged.sff)

If you open the listOfSff.files file you will see:

GQY1XT001.F003D002.sff
GQY1XT001.F003D004.sff
GQY1XT001.F003D006.sff
GQY1XT001.F003D008.sff

sff

The sff parameter allows you to enter the sff list of sff files separated by -‘s.

mothur > merge.sfffiles(sff=GQY1XT001.F003D002.sff-GQY1XT001.F003D004.sff-GQY1XT001.F003D006.sff, output=merged.sff)

output

The output parameter allows you to provide an output filename.

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