variationget

 

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Function

Get sequence variations

Description

variationget reads sequence variation data and writes the data in one of the EMBOSS variation output formats.

Usage

Here is a sample session with variationget


% variationget valid-4.0.vcf 
Get sequence variations
Variation output file [0.vcf]: test.vcf

Go to the input files for this example
Go to the output files for this example

Command line arguments

Get sequence variations
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-variation]         variation  Variation filename and optional format, or
                                  reference (input query)
  [-outfile]           outvariation (no help text) outvariation value

   Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none)
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:

   "-variation" associated qualifiers
   -iformat1           string     Input variation format
   -iquery1            string     Input query fields or ID list
   -ioffset1           integer    Input start position offset
   -idbname1           string     User-provided database name

   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory2        string     Output directory
   -oformat2           string     Variation output format

   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options and exit. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages
   -version            boolean    Report version number and exit

Qualifier Type Description Allowed values Default
Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers
[-variation]
(Parameter 1)
variation Variation filename and optional format, or reference (input query) Variation entries  
[-outfile]
(Parameter 2)
outvariation (no help text) outvariation value Variation entries  
Additional (Optional) qualifiers
(none)
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers
(none)
Associated qualifiers
"-variation" associated variation qualifiers
-iformat1
-iformat_variation
string Input variation format Any string  
-iquery1
-iquery_variation
string Input query fields or ID list Any string  
-ioffset1
-ioffset_variation
integer Input start position offset Any integer value 0
-idbname1
-idbname_variation
string User-provided database name Any string  
"-outfile" associated outvariation qualifiers
-odirectory2
-odirectory_outfile
string Output directory Any string  
-oformat2
-oformat_outfile
string Variation output format Any string  
General qualifiers
-auto boolean Turn off prompts Boolean value Yes/No N
-stdout boolean Write first file to standard output Boolean value Yes/No N
-filter boolean Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output Boolean value Yes/No N
-options boolean Prompt for standard and additional values Boolean value Yes/No N
-debug boolean Write debug output to program.dbg Boolean value Yes/No N
-verbose boolean Report some/full command line options Boolean value Yes/No Y
-help boolean Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose Boolean value Yes/No N
-warning boolean Report warnings Boolean value Yes/No Y
-error boolean Report errors Boolean value Yes/No Y
-fatal boolean Report fatal errors Boolean value Yes/No Y
-die boolean Report dying program messages Boolean value Yes/No Y
-version boolean Report version number and exit Boolean value Yes/No N

Input file format

variationget reads sequence variation data.

Input files for usage example

File: valid-4.0.vcf

##fileformat=VCFv4.0
##fileDate=20090805
##source=myImputationProgramV3.1
##reference=1000GenomesPilot-NCBI36
##phasing=partial
##INFO=<ID=NS,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Number of Samples With Data">
##INFO=<ID=AN,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Total number of alleles in called genotypes">
##INFO=<ID=AC,Number=.,Type=Integer,Description="Allele count in genotypes, for each ALT allele, in the same order as listed">
##INFO=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Total Depth">
##INFO=<ID=AF,Number=.,Type=Float,Description="Allele Frequency">
##INFO=<ID=AA,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Ancestral Allele">
##INFO=<ID=DB,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="dbSNP membership, build 129">
##INFO=<ID=H2,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="HapMap2 membership">
##FILTER=<ID=q10,Description="Quality below 10">
##FILTER=<ID=s50,Description="Less than 50% of samples have data">
##FORMAT=<ID=GT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Genotype">
##FORMAT=<ID=GQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Genotype Quality">
##FORMAT=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Read Depth">
##FORMAT=<ID=HQ,Number=2,Type=Integer,Description="Haplotype Quality">
##ALT=<ID=DEL:ME:ALU,Description="Deletion of ALU element">
##ALT=<ID=CNV,Description="Copy number variable region">
#CHROM	POS	ID	REF	ALT	QUAL	FILTER	INFO	FORMAT	NA00001	NA00002	NA00003
19	111	.	A	C	9.6	.	.	GT:HQ	0|0:10,10	0|0:10,10	0/1:3,3
19	112	.	A	G	10	.	.	GT:HQ	0|0:10,10	0|0:10,10	0/1:3,3
20	14370	rs6054257	G	A	29	PASS	NS=3;DP=14;AF=0.5;DB;H2	GT:GQ:DP:HQ	0|0:48:1:51,51	1|0:48:8:51,51	1/1:43:5:.,.
20	17330	.	T	A	3	q10	NS=3;DP=11;AF=0.017	GT:GQ:DP:HQ	0|0:49:3:58,50	0|1:3:5:65,3	0/0:41:3:.,.
20	1110696	rs6040355	A	G,T	67	PASS	NS=2;DP=10;AF=0.333,0.667;AA=T;DB	GT:GQ:DP:HQ	1|2:21:6:23,27	2|1:2:0:18,2	2/2:35:4:.,.
20	1230237	.	T	.	47	PASS	NS=3;DP=13;AA=T	GT:GQ:DP:HQ	0|0:54:.:56,60	0|0:48:4:51,51	0/0:61:2:.,.
20	1234567	microsat1	G	GA,GAC	50	PASS	NS=3;DP=9;AA=G;AN=6;AC=3,1	GT:GQ:DP	0/1:.:4	0/2:17:2	1/1:40:3
20	1235237	.	T	.	.	.	.	GT	0/0	0|0	./.
X	9	.	A	T	12.1	.	.	GT	0	0/1	1/0
X	10	rsTest	AC	A,ATG	10	PASS	.	GT	0	0/1	0|2
X	11	rsTest2	T	A,<DEL:ME:ALU>	10	q10;s50	.	GT:DP:GQ	.:3:10	./.	0|2:3
X	12	.	T	A	13	.	.	GT	0	1/0	1/1

Output file format

Output files for usage example

File: test.vcf

##fileformat=VCFv4.0
##fileDate=20090805
##source=myImputationProgramV3.1
##reference=1000GenomesPilot-NCBI36
##phasing=partial
##INFO=<ID=NS,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Number of Samples With Data">
##INFO=<ID=AN,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Total number of alleles in called genotypes">
##INFO=<ID=AC,Number=.,Type=Integer,Description="Allele count in genotypes, for each ALT allele, in the same order as listed">
##INFO=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Total Depth">
##INFO=<ID=AF,Number=.,Type=Float,Description="Allele Frequency">
##INFO=<ID=AA,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Ancestral Allele">
##INFO=<ID=DB,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="dbSNP membership, build 129">
##INFO=<ID=H2,Number=0,Type=Flag,Description="HapMap2 membership">
##FORMAT=<ID=GT,Number=1,Type=String,Description="Genotype">
##FORMAT=<ID=GQ,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Genotype Quality">
##FORMAT=<ID=DP,Number=1,Type=Integer,Description="Read Depth">
##FORMAT=<ID=HQ,Number=2,Type=Integer,Description="Haplotype Quality">
##FILTER=<ID=q10,Description="Quality below 10">
##FILTER=<ID=s50,Description="Less than 50% of samples have data">
##ALT=<ID=DEL:ME:ALU,Description="Deletion of ALU element">
##ALT=<ID=CNV,Description="Copy number variable region">
#CHROM	POS	ID	REF	ALT	QUAL	FILTER	INFO	FORMAT	NA00001	NA00002	NA00003
19	111	.	A	C	9.6	.	.	GT:HQ	0|0:10,10	0|0:10,10	0/1:3,3
19	112	.	A	G	10	.	.	GT:HQ	0|0:10,10	0|0:10,10	0/1:3,3
20	14370	rs6054257	G	A	29	PASS	NS=3;DP=14;AF=0.5;DB;H2	GT:GQ:DP:HQ	0|0:48:1:51,51	1|0:48:8:51,51	1/1:43:5:.,.
20	17330	.	T	A	3	q10	NS=3;DP=11;AF=0.017	GT:GQ:DP:HQ	0|0:49:3:58,50	0|1:3:5:65,3	0/0:41:3:.,.
20	1110696	rs6040355	A	G,T	67	PASS	NS=2;DP=10;AF=0.333,0.667;AA=T;DB	GT:GQ:DP:HQ	1|2:21:6:23,27	2|1:2:0:18,2	2/2:35:4:.,.
20	1230237	.	T	.	47	PASS	NS=3;DP=13;AA=T	GT:GQ:DP:HQ	0|0:54:.:56,60	0|0:48:4:51,51	0/0:61:2:.,.
20	1234567	microsat1	G	GA,GAC	50	PASS	NS=3;DP=9;AA=G;AN=6;AC=3,1	GT:GQ:DP	0/1:.:4	0/2:17:2	1/1:40:3
20	1235237	.	T	.	.	.	.	GT	0/0	0|0	./.
X	9	.	A	T	12.1	.	.	GT	0	0/1	1/0
X	10	rsTest	AC	A,ATG	10	PASS	.	GT	0	0/1	0|2
X	11	rsTest2	T	A,<DEL:ME:ALU>	10	q10;s50	.	GT:DP:GQ	.:3:10	./.	0|2:3
X	12	.	T	A	13	.	.	GT	0	1/0	1/1

Data files

None.

Notes

None.

References

None.

Warnings

None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

Exit status

It always exits with status 0.

Known bugs

None.

See also

Program name Description
abiview Display the trace in an ABI sequencer file
coderet Extract CDS, mRNA and translations from feature tables
entret Retrieve sequence entries from flatfile databases and files
extractalign Extract regions from a sequence alignment
infoalign Display basic information about a multiple sequence alignment
infoseq Display basic information about sequences
refseqget Get reference sequence
seqxref Retrieve all database cross-references for a sequence entry
seqxrefget Retrieve all cross-referenced data for a sequence entry
showalign Display a multiple sequence alignment in pretty format
whichdb Search all sequence databases for an entry and retrieve it

Author(s)

Peter Rice
European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug © emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.

History

Target users

This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from naive users to embedded scripts.

Comments

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