---
name: "vcfbreakmulti"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvcflib-tools"
version: "1.0.12+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vcfbreakmulti"
---

# vcfbreakmulti(1)

## NAME

**vcfbreakmulti**

## SYNOPSIS

**vcfbreakmulti** options \[file\]

## DESCRIPTION

If multiple alleles are specified in a single record, break the record into multiple lines, preserving allele-specific INFO fields.

## OPTIONS

-

  ```
  Type: transformation
  ```

## EXIT VALUES

- **0**

  Success

- **not 0**

  Failure

## SEE ALSO

[**vcflib**(1)](/vcflib/1.md)

## OTHER

## LICENSE

Copyright 2011-2024 (C) Erik Garrison and vcflib contributors. MIT licensed. Copyright 2020-2024 (C) Pjotr Prins.

## AUTHORS

Erik Garrison and vcflib contributors.