| name | subread-fullscan |
| description | Use when scanning a reference index for all high-similarity genomic locations of one specific read sequence string. |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
| user-invocable | true |
subread-fullscan
Quick Start
- Command:
subread-fullscan [options] -i <index_name> <read_string>
- Local executable:
/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/subread-fullscan
- Reference: See
references/help.md; local no-argument execution is the most useful way to see usage text
When To Use This Tool
- Use
subread-fullscan when you want to probe where one literal read sequence could map across the whole indexed genome.
- It is a diagnostic or exploratory tool, not a bulk FASTQ aligner.
- Reach for it when validating whether a short sequence is repetitive, checking match specificity at a chosen identity threshold, or debugging why a read behaves oddly in the main aligner.
Common Patterns
subread-fullscan -i ref_index ACGTACGTACGTACGT
subread-fullscan -i ref_index -m 0.95 ACGTACGTACGTACGT
Recommended Workflow
- Make sure the relevant Subread index already exists and note its basename.
- Provide the query as a literal read string, not a FASTQ filename.
- Start with the default match threshold, then increase
-m if too many repetitive hits are returned.
- Use the result as a debugging or interpretive aid before changing cohort-wide alignment settings.
Guardrails
- The final argument is a literal read sequence string. This command does not take a FASTQ or FASTA file as input.
-i expects the index basename, not the reference FASTA.
- Local testing shows that running with no arguments prints useful usage text, while
--help and --version are not real help paths.
-m is a fraction of matched bases, not a count.