---
name: "truspades"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "spades"
version: "4.0.0+really3.15.5+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/truspades"
---

# truspades(1)

truSPAdes genome assembler

## NAME

truspades - truSPAdes genome assembler

## SYNOPSIS

**truspades** \[options\] -o \<output\_dir\>

## DESCRIPTION

**truspades** is the main executable for the **truSPAdes** software. It assembles genomic reads given to it and places the resulting assembly in \<output\_dir\>.

## OPTIONS

### Basic options

- **-o** \<output\_dir\>

  directory to store all the resulting files (required)

- **--test**

  runs truSPAdes on toy dataset

**-h**/**--help**

prints this usage message

**-t**/**--threads** \<int\>

number of threads

- **--continue**

  continue interrupted launch

- **--construct-dataset**

  parse dataset from input folder

### Input options

- **--input-dir** \<directory\>

  directory with input data. Note that the directory should contain only files with reads. This option can be used several times to provide several input directories.

**--dataset** \<file\>:w: file with dataset description