---
name: "wordmatch"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wordmatch"
---

# wordmatch(1e)

Finds regions of identity (exact matches) of two sequences

## NAME

wordmatch - Finds regions of identity (exact matches) of two sequences

## SYNOPSIS

**wordmatch** **-asequence** *seqset* **-bsequence** *seqall* **-wordsize** *integer* \[**-dumpalign** *toggle*\] **-outfile** *align* \[**-logfile** *outfile*\] \[**-dumpfeat** *toggle*\] **-aoutfeat** *featout* **-boutfeat** *featout*

**wordmatch** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**wordmatch** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Alignment:Local" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-asequence** *seqset*

  - **-bsequence** *seqall*

  ### Required section

- **-wordsize** *integer*

  Default value: 4

### Output section

- **-dumpalign** *toggle*

  Default value: Y

- **-outfile** *align*

  - **-logfile** *outfile*

  Statistics on distribution of kmers and matches Default value: wordmatch.log

- **-dumpfeat** *toggle*

  Default value: Y

- **-aoutfeat** *featout*

  - **-boutfeat** *featout*

  ## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

wordmatch is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.