The input file must be formatted according to the following format, which is identical to the python configuration file format, where each set of tags belongs to a particular section, denoted by square braces [].
All file-based output from the process outlined in Designing edit metric tags follows these formatting conventions:
[4nt ed3]
Tag0:GTCA
Tag1:AACC
Tag2:ACAG
Tag3:AGGA
Tag4:CCTA
Tag5:CGAT
Tag6:TGTG
Input files may also be formatted using = in place of :, lines starting with # or ; are comments; and each tag can have trailing comments by appending a #
[4nt ed3]
# this is a comment
Tag0 = GTCA
Tag1 = AACC
Tag2 = ACAG
Tag3 = AGGA
; this is also a comment
Tag4 = CCTA
Tag5 = CGAT
Tag6 = TGTG#this is a comment on a tag
Input files with several sections of tags look like the following - using a space to separate sections is optional:
[4nt ed3]
Tag0:GTCA
Tag1:AACC
Tag2:ACAG
Tag3:AGGA
Tag4:CCTA
Tag5:CGAT
Tag6:TGTG
[5nt ed4]
Tag0:TTGAC
Tag1:AACAG
Tag2:ACGCT
Tag3:CAATC
Tag4:CCTAA
Tag5:GAGGA
Tag6:GGTTG
[6nt ed5]
Tag0:TGTACG
Tag1:AACAGC
Tag2:AGGCTA
Tag3:CCATTG
Tag4:CTCGAA