---
name: "starchcat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bedops"
version: "2.4.41+dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/starchcat"
---

# starchcat(1)

manual page for starchcat 2.4.41+dfsg

## NAME

starchcat - manual page for starchcat 2.4.41+dfsg

## DESCRIPTION

starchcat

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  citation: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/14/1919.abstract

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  https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bts277

- version:

  2\.4.41 (typical)

- authors:

  Alex Reynolds and Shane Neph

USAGE: starchcat \[ **--note=**"..." \]

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  \[ **--bzip2** \| **--gzip** \] \[ **--omit-signature** \] \[ **--report-progress**=*N* \] \<starch-file-1\> \[\<starch-file-2\> ...\]

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  \* At least one lexicographically-sorted, headerless starch archive is

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  required.

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  \* While two or more inputs make sense for a multiset union operation, you

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  can starchcat one file in order to update its metadata, recompress it with a different backend method, or add a note annotation.

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  \* Compressed data are sent to standard output. Use the '\>' operator to

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  redirect to a file.

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  Process Flags **--------------------------------------------------------------------------** **--note=**"foo bar..."   Append note to output archive metadata (optional).

- **--bzip2** \| **--gzip**

  Specify backend compression type (optional, default is bzip2).

- **--omit-signature**

  Skip generating per-chromosome data integrity signature (optional, default is to generate signature).

- **--report-progress**=*N*

  Report compression progress every N elements per chromosome to standard error stream (optional)

- **--version**

  Show binary version.

- **--help**

  Show this usage message.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **starchcat** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **starchcat** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

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  **info starchcat**

should give you access to the complete manual.