---
name: "bowtie-inspect"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bowtie"
version: "1.3.1-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bowtie-inspect"
---

# bowtie-inspect(1)

extracts information from a bowtie index

## NAME

bowtie-inspect - extracts information from a bowtie index

## SYNOPSIS

**bowtie-inspect** \[*options*\]*\* \<ebwt\_base\>*

## DESCRIPTION

- \<ebwt\_base\>

  ebwt filename minus trailing .1.ebwt/.2.ebwt

-

  By default, prints FASTA records of the indexed nucleotide sequences to standard out.  With **-n**, just prints names.  With **-s**, just prints a summary of the index parameters and sequences.  With **-e**, preserves colors if applicable.

## OPTIONS

- **--large-index**

  force inspection of the 'large' index, even if a 'small' one is present.

- **-a**/--across \<int\>

  Number of characters across in FASTA output (default: 60)

- **-n**/--names

  Print reference sequence names only

- **-s**/--summary

  Print summary incl. ref names, lengths, index properties

- **-e**/--ebwt-ref

  Reconstruct reference from ebwt (slow, preserves colors)

- **-v**/--verbose

  Verbose output (for debugging)

- **-h**/--help

  print detailed description of tool and its options

- **--help**

  print this usage message

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