Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: bioscripts.convert
Version: 0.4
Summary: Biopython scripts for converting molecular sequences between formats.
Home-page: http://www.agapow.net/software/bioscripts.convert
Author: Paul-Michael Agapow
Author-email: agapow@bbsrc.ac.uk
License: BSD
Description: Introduction
        ============
        
        Biopython scripts for converting molecular sequences.
        
        Bioinformatics is bedevilled by a large number of file formats. Biopython
        provides classes and IO functions that allow interconversion. This module
        provides scripts that use Biopython internally to simply convert multiple
        files on the commandline.
        
        
        Installation
        ============
        
        bioscripts.convert [#homepage]_ can be installed in a number of ways.
        Biopython [#biopython]_ is a prerequisite.
        
        Via easy_install or equivalent
        ------------------------------
        
        From the commandline call::
        
        % easy_install bioscripts.convert
        
        Superuser privileges may be required.
        
        
        Via setup.py
        ------------
        
        Download a source tarball, unpack it and call setup.py to
        install::
        
        % tar zxvf bioscripts.convert.tgz
        % cd bioscripts.convert
        % python setup.py install
        
        Superuser privileges may be required.
        
        
        
        Usage
        =====
        
        
        ::
        
        convbioseq.py [options] FORMAT INFILES ...
        
        or::
        
        convalign.py [options] FORMAT INFILES ...
        
        with the options:
        
        --version             show program's version number and exit
        -h, --help            show this help message and exit
        -i FORMAT, --input-format=FORMAT
        The format of the input biosequence files. If not
        supplied, this will be inferred from the extension of
        the files.
        -e EXTENSION, --output-extension=EXTENSION
        The extension of the output biosequence files. If not
        supplied, this will be inferred from the output format.
        -t TYPE, --seqtype=TYPE
        The type of sequence (dna or protein) being converted.
        Often this can be inferred from the input file, but
        sometimes must be explicitly set.
        
        FORMAT must be one of clustal, fasta, genbank, nexus, phd, phylip, qual,
        stockholm, tab. The input formats inferred from extensions are clustal
        ('.aln'), genbank ('.genbank'), nexus ('.nxs'), nexus ('.nexus'), phylip
        ('.phylip'), stockholm ('.sth'), phd ('.phd'), qual ('.qual'), phylip
        ('.phy'), clustal ('.clustal'), genbank ('.gb'), tab ('.tab'), fasta
        ('.fasta'), stockholm ('.stockholm'). The default extensions for output
        formats are '.aln' (clustal), '.nexus' (nexus), '.phy' (phylip), '.phd' (phd),
        '.qual' (qual), '.gb' (genbank), '.sth' (stockholm), '.fasta' (fasta).
        
        For example::
        
        % convbioseq.py clustal one.fasta two.nxs three.stockholm
        
        will produce three clustal formatted files 'one.aln', 'two.aln' and
        'three.aln' from files it assumes are Fasta, Nexus and Stockholm formatted
        respectively.
        
        % convbioseq.py -i phylip clustal one.fasta two.nxs
        
        will produce two Phylip formatted files 'one.phy' and 'two.phy' and from files
        it assumes are Fasta formatted.
        
        % convbioseq.py -e foo clustal one.fasta two.nxs
        
        will produce two Clustal formatted files 'one.foo' and 'two.foo' from files
        it assumes are Fasta and Nexus formatted respectively.
        
        
        
        Limitations
        ===========
        
        This module is not intended for importing, but the setuptools packaging and
        infrastructure make for simple distribution of scripts, allowing the checking
        of prerequisites, consistent installation and updating.
        
        The ``bioscripts`` namespace was chosen as a convenient place to "keep" these
        scripts and is open to other developers.
        
        Due to limitations on identifiers in certain formats, sequence names
        may differ between input and output files. Also, not all formats understood by
        Biopython have been enabled, due to being untested or incomplete.
        
        Depending on your platform, the scripts may be installed as ``.py`` scripts,
        or some form of executable, or both.
        
        Some formats (e.g. FASTA) do not specify sequence type, while others (e.g.
        NEXUS), absolutely require it. Thus, the sequence type option may need to be
        explicitly specified. Older versions of Biopython contain a bug that will prevent
        conversion to nexus format for associated reasons.
        
        
        References
        ==========
        
        .. [#homepage] `bioscripts.convert homepage <http://www.agapow/net/software/bioscripts.convert>`__
        
        .. [#biopython] `Biopython homepage <http://www.biopython.org>`__
        
        .. [#setuptools] `Installing setuptools <http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#installing-setuptools>`__
        
        
        
        
        Changelog
        =========
        
        0.2 - 2009/4/14
        ---------------
        
        * Initial release
        
        
        0.3.1 - 2009/4/16
        -----------------
        
        * First public release
        
        * Added alignment converter
        
        * Corrections to documentation
Keywords: bioinformatics conversion
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
Classifier: Topic :: Text Processing
