---
name: "gt-seqtransform"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "genometools"
version: "1.6.5+ds-2.2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gt-seqtransform"
---

# gt-seqtransform(1)

Perform simple transformations on the given sequence file(s).

## NAME

gt-seqtransform - Perform simple transformations on the given sequence file(s).

## SYNOPSIS

**gt seqtransform** \[option ...\] \[sequence\_file ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

- **-addstopaminos** \[*yes\|no*\]

  append stop amino acids (*\**) to given protein sequences, if not already present (default: no)

- **-width** \[*value*\]

  set output width for FASTA sequence printing (0 disables formatting) (default: 0)

- **-o** \[*filename*\]

  redirect output to specified file (default: undefined)

- **-gzip** \[*yes\|no*\]

  write gzip compressed output file (default: no)

- **-bzip2** \[*yes\|no*\]

  write bzip2 compressed output file (default: no)

- **-force** \[*yes\|no*\]

  force writing to output file (default: no)

- **-help**

  display help and exit

- **-version**

  display version information and exit

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to https://github.com/genometools/genometools/issues.