---
name: "gt-sequniq"
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-sequniq"
---

# gt-sequniq(1)

Filter out repeated sequences in given sequence files.

## NAME

gt-sequniq - Filter out repeated sequences in given sequence files.

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

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

  also filter out sequences whose reverse complement is identical to a sequence already output (default: no)

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

  be verbose (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

The tool will only remove identical duplicates of sequences, not substrings contained within other sequences.

## REPORTING BUGS

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