---
name: "mapMers"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "meryl"
version: "0~20150903+r2013-9+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mapMers"
---

# mapMers(1)

report statistics of mapping kmers to sequences

## NAME

mapMers - report statistics of mapping kmers to sequences

## SYNOPSIS

**mapMers** {**-stats**\|**-regions**\|**-details**} **-m** *mersize* **-mers** *mers* **-seq** *fasta*

## OPTIONS

- **-stats**

  reports the mean, minimum, and maximum for each sequence, along with a log2 histogram of the counts

- **-regions**

  reports regions with kmer coverage

- **-details**

  reports the forward and reverse count in the database for each kmer in the sequence

- **-m** *mersize*

  - **-mers** *mers*

  the [**meryl**(1)](/meryl/1.md) database

- **-seq** *fasta*

  input sequence file

## SEE ALSO

[**meryl**(1)](/meryl/1.md), [**mapMers-depth**(1)](/mapMers-depth/1.md)