NAME

       dexta - compress a set of .fasta files

SYNOPSIS

       dexta [-vk] <path:fasta> ...

DESCRIPTION

       Dexta  compresses  a  set of .fasta files (produced by either Pacbio's software or dextract) and replaces
       them with new files with a .dexta extension. That is, submitting G.fasta  will  result  in  a  compressed
       image G.dexta, and G.fasta will no longer exist.

       With  the -k option the .fasta source is not removed. If -v is set, then the program reports its progress
       on each file. Otherwise it runs completely silently  (good  for  batch  jobs  to  an  HPC  cluster).  The
       compression  factor  is  always  slightly  better  than  4.0.  Undexta reverses the compression of dexta,
       replacing the uncompressed image of G.dexta with G.fasta. By default the sequences output by undexta  are
       in  lower  case  and  80  chars  per  line.  The  -U  option specifies upper case should be used, and the
       characters per line, or line width, can be set to any positive value with the -w option

       With the -i option set, the program runs as a UNIX  pipe  that  takes  .fasta  (.dexta)  input  from  the
       standard  input  and  writes  .dexta  (.fasta)  to the standard output. In this case the -k option has no
       effect.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for dexta is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and dexta  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info dexta

       should give you access to the complete manual.

dexta                                               June 2020                                           DEXTA(1)