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

# pxrmt(1)

remove tree tips by label

## NAME

pxrmt - remove tree tips by label

## SYNOPSIS

**pxrmt** \[*OPTIONS*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Remove tree tips by label. This will take a newick- or nexus-formatted tree from a file or STDIN. Output is written in newick format.

## OPTIONS

- **-t**, **--treef**=*FILE*

  input tree file, STDIN otherwise

- **-n**, **--names**=*CSL*

  names sep by commas (NO SPACES!)

- **-f**, **--namesf**=*FILE*

  names in a file (each on a line)

- **-r**, **--regex**=*STRING*

  match tip labels by a regular expression

- **-c**, **--comp**

  take the complement (i.e. remove any taxa not in list)

- **-s**, **--silent**

  suppress warnings of missing tips

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

  output tree 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 W. Brown, Stephen A. Smith (blackrim)

## REPORTING BUGS

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

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014-2024 FePhyFoFum License GPLv3