---
name: "cnvkit-access"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cnvkit"
version: "0.9.12-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cnvkit-access"
---

# cnvkit-access(1)

List the locations of accessible sequence regions in a FASTA file.

## NAME

cnvkit\_access - List the locations of accessible sequence regions in a FASTA file.

## DESCRIPTION

usage: cnvkit.py access \[-h\] \[-s MIN\_GAP\_SIZE\] \[-x EXCLUDE\] \[-o FILENAME\]

-

  fa\_fname

### positional arguments:

- fa\_fname

  Genome FASTA file name

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-s** MIN\_GAP\_SIZE, **--min-gap-size** MIN\_GAP\_SIZE

  Minimum gap size between accessible sequence regions. Regions separated by less than this distance will be joined together. \[Default: 5000\]

- **-x** EXCLUDE, **--exclude** EXCLUDE

  Additional regions to exclude, in BED format. Can be used multiple times.

- **-o** FILENAME, **--output** FILENAME

  Output file name