---
name: "pxlssq"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "phyx"
version: "1.3.2+ds-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pxlssq"
---

# pxlssq(1)

print sequence file summary

## NAME

pxlssq - print sequence file summary

## SYNOPSIS

**pxlssq** \[*OPTIONS*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Print sequence file summary. By default returns all properties. Alternatively choose 1 property. This will take fasta, phylip, and nexus formats from a file or STDIN.

## OPTIONS

- **-s**, **--seqf**=*FILE*

  input seq file, STDIN otherwise

- **-i**, **--indiv**

  output stats for individual sequences

- **-n**, **--nseq**

  return the number of sequences

- **-c**, **--nchar**

  return the number of characters (only if aligned) - for unaligned seqs, use with **-i** flag

- **-l**, **--labels**

  return all taxon labels (one per line)

- **-p**, **--prot**

  force interpret as protein (if inference fails)

- **-a**, **--aligned**

  return whether sequences are aligned (same length)

- **-f**, **--freqs**

  return character state frequencies

- **-m**, **--missing**

  return the proportion of missing (-,?) characters

- **-o**, **--outf**=*FILE*

  output stats file, STOUT otherwise

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

  display this help and exit

- **-V**, **--version**

  display version and exit

- **-C**, **--citation**

  display phyx citation and exit

## CITATION

Brown, Joseph W., Joseph F. Walker, and Stephen A. Smith. 2017. Phyx: phylogenetic tools for unix. Bioinformatics 33(12): 1886-1888. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx063.

## AUTHOR

Written by Joseph F. Walker, Joseph W. Brown

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: \<https://github.com/FePhyFoFum/phyx/issues\> phyx home page: \<https://github.com/FePhyFoFum/phyx\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2016-2024 FePhyFoFum License GPLv3