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NAME

       srf_list - Lists and/or counts the contents of an SRF file

SYNOPSIS

       srf_list  [options] srf_archive ...

DESCRIPTION

       srf_list lists the filenames held within one or more SRF container.  To
       simply count the contents rather than list them specify the -c  option.
       Note  that  when  in  count-only mode if an index is present it will be
       used to determine  the  number  of  entries  in  the  index  and  hence
       sequences  in  the  SRF file. The index cannot be used when listing the
       filenames however as  the  index  itself  does  not  contain  the  full
       filenames.

       Note  that  it  is  not  possible  to  count sequences matching certain
       patterns or with specific flags set. srf_info is a more general purpose
       tool that may cover this.

OPTIONS

       -c     Counts  sequences instead of listing them. Note that this may be
              substantially faster than listing if an index exists.

       -v     Verbose mode. This gives  summary  count  information  per  file
              rather than just the total at the end.

       -l     Long  format.  When  listing  sequence  names this also provides
              information on the position in the archive and the size  of  the
              sequence  specific  data  block  and the size of the shared data
              block header.

EXAMPLES

       To count the total number of sequences in several SRF files:

           srf_list -c *.srf

       To produce a "fofn" (file of filenames) for an SRF file:

           srf_list foo.srf > foo.fofn

AUTHOR

       James Bonfield, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

                                 September 29                      srf_list(1)