---
name: "glistcompare"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "genometester"
version: "4.0+git20200511.91cecb5+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/glistcompare"
---

# glistcompare(1)

generate union, intersection or difference of k-mers from two list files

## NAME

glistcompare - generate union, intersection or difference of k-mers from two list files

## SYNOPSIS

**glistcompare** *\<INPUTLIST1\> \<INPUTLIST2\>* \[*OPTIONS*\]

## OPTIONS

**-v**, **--version**            - print version information and exit

**-h**, **--help**               - print this usage screen and exit

**-u**, **--union**              - union of input lists

**-i**, **--intersection**       - intersection of input lists

**-d**, **--difference**         - difference of input lists

**-dd**, **--double\_difference** - double difference of input lists

**-du**, **--diff\_union**        - subtract first list from the second and finds difference

- **-mm**, **--mismatch**

  NUMBER - specify number of mismatches (default 0, can be used with **-diff** and **-ddiff**)

**-c**, **--cutoff** NUMBER      - specify frequency cut-off (default 1)

**-o**, **--outputname** STRING  - specify output name (default "out")

- **-r**, **--rule** STRING - specify rule how final frequencies are calculated (default, add, subtract, min, max, first, second, 1, 2)

  NOTE: rules min, subtract, first and second can only be used with finding the intersection.

**-ss** **--subset** METHOD SIZE - make subset with given method (rand\_unique)

**--count\_only**             - output count of k-mers instead of k-mers themself

**--disable\_scouts**         - disable list read-ahead in background thread

**-D**                       - increase debug level

## EXAMPLES

 You could find some usage examples in /usr/share/doc/genometester/README.GenomeTester4.md

## SEE ALSO

 [**glistquery**(1)](/glistquery/1.md), [**glistmaker**(1)](/glistmaker/1.md), [**gmer\_caller**(1)](/gmer_caller/1.md), [**gmer\_counter**(1)](/gmer_counter/1.md)