---
name: "graphdump"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "twopaco"
version: "1.0.0+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/graphdump"
---

# graphdump(1)

build the compacted de Bruijn graph from many complete genomes

## NAME

graphdump - build the compacted de Bruijn graph from many complete genomes

## DESCRIPTION

USAGE:

- graphdump

  **-k** \<integer\> \[-s \<\>\] ... **-f** \<seq\|group\|dot\|gfa1\|gfa2\|fasta\> \[--prefix\] \[--\] \[--version\] \[-h\] \<file name\>

Where:

**-k** \<integer\>,  **--kvalue** \<integer\>

- (required)

  Value of k

- **-s** \<\>, **--seqfile** \<\>

  (accepted multiple times)

-

  sequences file name

**-f** \<seq\|group\|dot\|gfa1\|gfa2\|fasta\>,  **--format** \<seq\|group\|dot\|gfa1\|gfa2

-

  \|fasta\>

- (required)

  Output format

**--prefix**

-

  Add a prefix to segments in GFA (in case if you have genomes with identical FASTA headers)

**--**,  **--ignore\_rest**

-

  Ignores the rest of the labeled arguments following this flag.

**--version**

-

  Displays version information and exits.

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

-

  Displays usage information and exits.

-

  \<file name\>

- (required)

  input file name

-

  This utility converts the binary output of TwoPaCo to another format

## AUTHOR

 This manpage was written by Andrius Merkys for the Debian distribution and\
  can be used for any other usage of the program.