What should perfect bioinformatic tools be like?
What should perfect bioinformatic tools be like?
This page lists some personal suggestions for improving the usability of bioinformatic (command-line) tools.
Basic
Recommended to provide all ways:
version 'GLIBC_2.29' not found
is a common error.Basic
Recommended
Ideal
Options/flags
-o, --outfile
for output.Global options/flags
--quiet
or --verbose
--version
--log
Recommended
Basic
find ./ -name "*.fq.gz" | tool cmd --infile-list -
.Recommended
Ideal
Basic
Recommended
Recommended
Log details