Use when converting compatible BLAST annotation XML/ASN streams into a compact gene-markup-style table for downstream EDirect interval helpers.
cat blast_input.asn | blst2gm/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/blst2gmgm2ranges or gm2segs.xtract pipeline instead of manually traversing annot_E structures.BLASTN - mrna annotation class used by this wrapper.# 1) Convert a compatible BLAST annotation stream
cat smear.asn | blst2gm > smear.tsv
# 2) Feed the result into range-oriented downstream helpers
cat smear.asn | blst2gm | gm2ranges
# 3) Inspect the compact columns directly
cat smear.asn | blst2gm | column -ts $'\t'
xtract recipe.blst2gm and inspect the emitted accession, score, starts, lengths, and strand fields.gm2ranges or gm2segs if you need interval normalization or segment reporting.xtract error No data supplied to xtract from stdin or file.BLASTN - mrna; other BLAST types are ignored.xtract being on PATH.