debian man page for asn2idx

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NAME
       asn2idx - index ASN.1 Bioseq-sets for fast access to individual sequences

SYNOPSIS
       asn2idx [-] [-b] [-d dir] [-f filter] -p path [-r path] [-t] [-x str]

DESCRIPTION
       asn2idx	indexes  ASN.1	Bioseq-sets (such as GenBank release files) to speed retrieval of the individual sequences they contain.  For each
       file that it processes, it yields an output file in the same directory with the extension .idx.

OPTIONS
       A summary of options is included below.

       -      Print usage message

       -b     Bioseq-sets are Binary

       -d dir Required Subdirectory

       -f filter
	      Filter (default = gbcon,gbest,gbgss,gbhtg,gbsts)

       -p path
	      Path to Files

       -p path
	      Path for Results

       -t     Recurse

       -x str File Selection Substring (default = .aso)

AUTHOR
       The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

SEE ALSO
       asn2asn(1), asndhuff(1).

NCBI
								    2008-12-13								ASN2IDX(1)