idconvert.1
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Description
This manual page documents briefly the idconvert software shipped within the libpwiz-tools package. This
program allows one to convert mass spectrometry protein identification data files from one format to
another.
Examples
Convert sequest.pepXML to sequest.mzid
idconvertsequest.pepXML
Convert mascot.mzid to mascot.pepXML
idconvertmascot.mzid--pepXML
Use a configuration file
idconvertxtandem.pep.xml-cconfig.txtName
idconvert — Convert mass spectrometry identification file formats.
Options
-v | --verbose
Display detailed processing progress information.
-f | --filelist filename
Uses the contents of filename which lists filenames.
-o | --outdir dir
Set the output directory ('-' for stdout) to dir. By default, the output directory is '.' (that
is, the current working directory).
-c | --config filename
Set the configuration file to filename.
-e | --ext ext
Set the extension of the output files to ext. Can be mzid or pepXML or txt.
--mzIdentML
Write mzIdentML format (default).
--pepXML Write pepXML format.
--text Write hierarchical text format.
Return Value
The number of failed files.
Synopsis
idconvert [options][filemasks]
