filterbysequence.sh does not accept padding dashes

BBMap short read aligner, and other bioinformatic tools.

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Updated: 2025-11-28

Created: 2025-11-28

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Hi Brian,
I would like to filter away sequences having different length than $somenumber . I seems I can use

filterbysequence.sh lengthdif=0 in=infile.fasta ref=fakeref.fasta include=t ignorejunk out=exact_matches.fasta wrap=0

Is it possible to extend it with an alphabet?
Thank you.