<p>I am trying to use a free .py script from this site </p>

<pre><code>  http://www.di-tector.cyame.eu/
</code></pre>

<p>while unfortunately there's neither manual nor any documentation presented.</p>

<p>I have downloaded the .py script however I have absolutely no idea how it can be started. Can anyone give me an idea of how that can be done?</p>

<p>The corresponding article (<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30012569/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30012569/</a>) only displays parameters for executing it and there is no way to understand what steps must be performed firstly. Thank you.</p>

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2020-06-13T16:37:38.353Z
agree, while unfortunately, this is the only tool that I have found yet, that is dedicated to defective genomes analysis.
Dmitrii Trubetskoy
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2020-06-13T19:36:34.350Z
true, it says I have to do it this way: ```usage: DI-tector_06.py [-h] [-g HOST_REF] [-s MIN_SEGMENT] [-m MIN_MAPQ] [-n NB_READS] [-o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY] [-t TAG] [-d] [-l INDEL_LENGTH] [-f] [-p POLARITY] [-q] [-k] [-x NB_THREADS] Virus_Ref Input_Data``` Just cannot figure out what are ```Virus_Ref Input_Data``` might be just a .fastq and .gtf files?
Dmitrii Trubetskoy
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2020-06-14T19:54:18.320Z
Regardless it is a stylish (and fashionable) question
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How to use the DI-tector software for defective genomes analysis?
# How to use the DI-tector software for defective genomes analysis?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-13)

I am trying to use a free .py script from this site 
  http://www.di-tector.cyame.eu/

while unfortunately there's neither manual nor any documentation presented.
I have downloaded the .py script however I have absolutely no idea how it can be started. Can anyone give me an idea of how that can be done?
The corresponding article (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30012569/) only displays parameters for executing it and there is no way to understand what steps must be performed firstly. Thank you.

**Tags:** python, genome
> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: agree, while unfortunately, this is the only tool that I have found yet, that is dedicated to defective genomes analysis.  
> **username_0**: true, it says I have to do it this way: ```usage: DI-tector_06.py [-h] [-g HOST_REF] [-s MIN_SEGMENT] [-m MIN_MAPQ] [-n NB_READS] [-o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY] [-t TAG] [-d] [-l INDEL_LENGTH] [-f] [-p POLARITY] [-q] [-k] [-x NB_THREADS] Virus_Ref Input_Data``` Just cannot figure out what are ```Virus_Ref Input_Data``` might be just a .fastq and .gtf files?  
> **username_1**: Regardless it is a stylish (and fashionable) question  

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