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Biopiece: write_ucsc_config

Description

write_ucsc_config writes track configuration records in the UCSC Genome Browser track configuration format. The resulting entries will look like this:

# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

track ho_B1_Mus
shortLabel mouseB1-elements
longLabel mouseB1-elements
group h.oey
priority 1
visibility hide
type bed 6

For more about the track configuration go here:

http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/customTrack.html

Usage

... | write_ucsc_config [options]

Options

[-?         | --help]               #  Print full usage description.
[-x         | --no_stream]          #  Do not emit records.
[-o <file>  | --data_out=<file>]    #  Write result to file.
[-I <file!> | --stream_in=<file!>]  #  Read input from stream file  -  Default=STDIN
[-O <file>  | --stream_out=<file>]  #  Write output to stream file  -  Default=STDOUT
[-v         | --verbose]            #  Verbose output.

Examples

Writing entries to file 'test.ra'.

... | write_ucsc_config -x -o test.ra

See also

read_ucsc_config

remove_ucsc_track

upload_to_ucsc

Author

Martin Asser Hansen - Copyright (C) - All rights reserved.

[email protected]

November 2008

License

GNU General Public License version 2

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Help

write_ucsc_config is part of the Biopieces framework.

http://www.biopieces.org

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