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1 <tool id="tp_grep_tool" name="Search in textfiles" version="@BASE_VERSION@.0">
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2 <description>(grep)</description>
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3 <macros>
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4 <import>macros.xml</import>
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5 </macros>
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6 <expand macro="requirements">
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7 <requirement type="package" version="2.14">gnu_grep</requirement>
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8 </expand>
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9 <version_command>grep --version | head -n 1</version_command>
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10 <command>
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12 #if str($color) == "COLOR":
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13 GREP_COLOR='1;34'
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16 $regex_type
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21 -- "${url_paste}"
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22 '${infile}' | $__tool_directory__/ansi2html.sh > "${output}"
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23 #else:
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24 grep
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30 -- "${url_paste}"
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31 '${infile}' | grep -v "^--$" > "${output}"
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32 #end if
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34 ##grep_wrapper.sh '$infile' '$output' '$url_paste' $color -A $lines_after -B $lines_before $invert $case_sensitive
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36 </command>
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38 <param name="infile" format="txt" type="data" label="Select lines from" />
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41 <option value="">Match</option>
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43 </param>
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45 <param name="regex_type" type="select" label="Type of regex">
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46 <option value="-G">Basic</option>
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47 <option value="-P" selected="true">Perl</option>
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48 <option value="-E">Extended (egrep)</option>
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49 </param>
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51 <param name="url_paste" type="text" label="Regular Expression" help="See below for more details">
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60 <option value="-i">case insensitive</option>
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64 label="Show lines preceding the matched line" help="leave it at zero unless you know what you're doing. (-B)" />
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68 <option value="NOCOLOR">text file (for further processing)</option>
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72 </inputs>
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74 <data name="output" format_source="infile" metadata_source="infile">
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82 <!-- grep a FASTA file for sequences with specific motif -->
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91 <output name="output" file="grep_results1.txt" />
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94 <!-- grep a FASTA file for sequences with specific motif -
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106 <test><!-- tests egrep -->
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107 <param name="infile" value="egrep1.txt" />
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109 <param name="regex_type" value="-E" />
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110 <param name="invert" value="" />
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111 <param name="url_paste" value="[^ ]+" />
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112 <param name="lines_before" value="0" />
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114 <param name="color" value="NOCOLOR" />
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115 <output name="output" file="egrep_results1.txt" />
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116 </test>
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117 <test><!-- same regex as egrep test, but different outcome with basic regex -->
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118 <param name="infile" value="egrep1.txt" />
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119 <param name="case_sensitive" value="case sensitive" />
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120 <param name="regex_type" value="-G" />
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121 <param name="invert" value="" />
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122 <param name="url_paste" value="[^ ]+" />
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123 <param name="lines_before" value="0" />
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125 <param name="color" value="NOCOLOR" />
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126 <output name="output" file="egrep_results2.txt" />>
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129 <help>
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130 <![CDATA[
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131 **What it does**
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133 This tool runs the unix **grep** command on the selected data file.
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135 .. class:: infomark
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137 **TIP:** This tool uses the **perl** regular expression syntax (same as running 'grep -P'). This is **NOT** the POSIX or POSIX-extended syntax (unlike the awk/sed tools).
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140 **Further reading**
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142 - Wikipedia's Regular Expression page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression)
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143 - Regular Expressions cheat-sheet (PDF) (http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/download/regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.pdf)
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144 - Grep Tutorial (http://www.panix.com/~elflord/unix/grep.html)
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146 -----
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148 **Grep Examples**
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150 - **AGC.AAT** would match lines with AGC followed by any character, followed by AAT (e.g. **AGCQAAT**, **AGCPAAT**, **AGCwAAT**)
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151 - **C{2,5}AGC** would match lines with 2 to 5 consecutive Cs followed by AGC
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152 - **TTT.{4,10}AAA** would match lines with 3 Ts, followed by 4 to 10 characters (any characeters), followed by 3 As.
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153 - **^chr([0-9A-Za-z])+** would match lines that begin with chromsomes, such as lines in a BED format file.
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154 - **(ACGT){1,5}** would match at least 1 "ACGT" and at most 5 "ACGT" consecutively.
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155 - **hsa|mmu** would match lines containing "hsa" or "mmu" (or both).
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157 -----
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159 **Regular Expression Syntax**
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161 The select tool searches the data for lines containing or not containing a match to the given pattern. A Regular Expression is a pattern descibing a certain amount of text.
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163 - **( ) { } [ ] . * ? + \ ^ $** are all special characters. **\\** can be used to "escape" a special character, allowing that special character to be searched for.
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164 - **^** matches the beginning of a string(but not an internal line).
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165 - **\\d** matches a digit, same as [0-9].
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166 - **\\D** matches a non-digit.
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167 - **\\s** matches a whitespace character.
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168 - **\\S** matches anything BUT a whitespace.
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169 - **\\t** matches a tab.
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170 - **\\w** matches an alphanumeric character ( A to Z, 0 to 9 and underscore )
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171 - **\\W** matches anything but an alphanumeric character.
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172 - **(** .. **)** groups a particular pattern.
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173 - **\\Z** matches the end of a string(but not a internal line).
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174 - **{** n or n, or n,m **}** specifies an expected number of repetitions of the preceding pattern.
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176 - **{n}** The preceding item is matched exactly n times.
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177 - **{n,}** The preceding item ismatched n or more times.
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178 - **{n,m}** The preceding item is matched at least n times but not more than m times.
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180 - **[** ... **]** creates a character class. Within the brackets, single characters can be placed. A dash (-) may be used to indicate a range such as **a-z**.
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181 - **.** Matches any single character except a newline.
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182 - ***** The preceding item will be matched zero or more times.
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183 - **?** The preceding item is optional and matched at most once.
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184 - **+** The preceding item will be matched one or more times.
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185 - **^** has two meaning:
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186 - matches the beginning of a line or string.
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187 - indicates negation in a character class. For example, [^...] matches every character except the ones inside brackets.
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188 - **$** matches the end of a line or string.
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189 - **\|** Separates alternate possibilities.
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191 @REFERENCES@
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192 ]]>
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193 </help>
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194 </tool>