---
name: "picopore-rename"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "picopore"
version: "1.2.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/picopore-rename"
---

# picopore-rename(1)

renaming groups and datasets within Oxford Nanopore Technologies FAST5 files

## NAME

picopore-rename - renaming groups and datasets within Oxford Nanopore Technologies FAST5 files

## SYNOPSIS

\[-h\] **-p** PATTERN **-r** REPLACEMENT \[-v\] \[-y\] \[-t INT\] \[--prefix STR\] \[--skip-root\] \[--print-every INT\] \[input \[input ...\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

A tool for renaming groups and datasets within Oxford Nanopore Technologies FAST5 files

## OPTIONS

### positional arguments:

- input

  list of directories or fast5 files to shrink

### optional arguments:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-p** PATTERN, **--pattern** PATTERN

  String or regex to replace

- **-r** REPLACEMENT, **--replacement** REPLACEMENT

  String or regex replacement for PATTERN

- **-v**, **--version**

  show version number and exit

- **-y**

  skip confirm step

- **-t** INT, **--threads** INT

  number of threads (Default: 1)

- **--prefix** STR

  add prefix to output files to prevent overwrite

- **--skip-root**, **--no-skip-root**

  ignore files in root input directories for albacore realtime compression (Default: **--no-skip-root**)

- **--print-every** INT

  print a dot every approximately INT files, or **-1** to silence (Default: 100)

## AUTHOR

 This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and\
  can be used for any other usage of the program.