---
name: "lav2murasaki.pl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "murasaki-common"
version: "1.68.6-14"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lav2murasaki.pl"
---

# lav2murasaki.pl(1)

## NAME

lav2murasaki.pl -- convert a LAV file (ie: from Blastz) into a Murasaki set of files

## SYNOPSIS

lav2murasaki.pl \[options\] \<input file\>

## OPTIONS

\--ungapped\|-u =\> LAV files have "gapped regions" composed of "ungapped regions". Using this option creates 1 anchor for each ungapped region (this also provides a .bitscore file, as each ungapped region contains a percent identity field).

\--verbose\|-v =\> More verbose output to stdout. Can be applied up to 3 times (anything beyond 1 gets messy though, as each anchor gets 1 line of output).

## COMMENTS

You and Toadofsky make beautiful music!