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nf-core/blast/blastdbcmd @ 0.0.0-6c4ed3a

Retrieve entries from a BLAST database

fasta blast database retrieval identifier

Latest version: 0.0.0-6c4ed3a

Total downloads: 6

Source: nf-core/modules

Authors: @toniher

Maintainers: @toniher

Retrieve entries from a BLAST database

Add the following snippet to your workflow script to include this module.

include { BLAST_BLASTDBCMD } from 'nf-core/blast/blastdbcmd'

MIT License

Process

`Name`	`BLAST_BLASTDBCMD`

Input 2 channels

#1 tuple

`meta` map	Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
`entry` string	Entry identifier of sequence in database. It cannot be used along with entry_batch
`entry_batch` file	File with a list of entry identifiers of sequences in database (one identifier per line). It cannot be used along with entry

#2 tuple

`meta2` map	Groovy Map containing db information e.g. [ id:'test2', single_end:false ]
`db` file	Input BLAST-indexed database `.{fa.,fasta.*}`

Output 3 channels

#1 text tuple

`meta` map	Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
`*.txt` file	Output text file (generic format if fasta not used, i.e. `--outfmt` is supplied to `ext.args`) `*.{txt}`

#2 fasta tuple

`meta` map	Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:'test', single_end:false ]
`*.fasta` file	Output fasta file (default format) `*.{fasta}`

#3 versions_blastdbcmd tuple

`${task.process}` string	The name of the process
`blastdbcmd` string	The name of the tool
`blastdbcmd -version 2>&1 \| head -n1 \| sed 's/^.blastdbcmd: //; s/ .\$//'` eval	The expression to obtain the version of the tool

Tool	Description	Homepage
blast	BLAST finds regions of similarity between biological sequences.	https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi

Version	0.0.0-6c4ed3a
Commit ID	6c4ed3a220310b905a1fc9d04f05be2e0837142b
Release Date	23 Apr 2026 15:07:31 (UTC)
Download URL	https://registry.nextflow.io/api/v1/modules/nf-core%2Fblast%2Fblastdbcmd/0.0.0-6c4ed3a/download
OCI Store URL	https://public.cr.seqera.io/v2/nextflow/plugin/modules/nf-core/blast/blastdbcmd/blobs/sha256:1241382f013a62e134d9f8122437a90c027ebceb1fccf068e2ea581663244c9a
Size	3.2 KB
Checksum	sha256:1241382f013a62e134d9f8122437a90c027ebceb1fccf068e2ea581663244c9a
Downloads	4

Version	Date	Status	Downloads	Size
0.0.0-6c4ed3a	23 Apr 2026 15:07:31 (UTC)		4	3.2 KB
0.0.0-0c7146d	08 Apr 2026 18:49:01 (UTC)		2	3.2 KB