---
name: "gt-stat"
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-stat"
---

# gt-stat(1)

Show statistics about features contained in GFF3 files.

## NAME

gt-stat - Show statistics about features contained in GFF3 files.

## SYNOPSIS

**gt stat** \[option ...\] \[GFF3\_file ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

  show gene length distribution (default: no)

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

  show gene score distribution (default: no)

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

  show exon length distribution (default: no)

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

  show exon number distribution (default: no)

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

  show intron length distribution (default: no)

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

  show CDS length distribution (measured in amino acids) (default: no)

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

  show the set of used source tags (column 2 in regular GFF3 lines) (default: no)

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

  add intron features between existing exon features (before computing stats) (default: no)

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

  be verbose (default: no)

- **-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.