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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Martin A. Hansen.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+# This program is part of the Biopieces framework (www.biopieces.org).
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DESCRIPTION <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+# Count records in the stream and prints a dot for each number of records and a record count per 100 dots.
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+
+require 'biopieces'
+
+casts = []
+casts << {:long=>'no_stream', :short => 'x', :type => 'flag', :mandatory => false, :default => nil, :allowed => nil, :disallowed => nil}
+casts << {:long=>'count', :short => 'c', :type => 'uint', :mandatory => false, :default => 1000, :allowed => nil, :disallowed => '0'}
+
+bp = Biopieces.new
+
+options = bp.parse(ARGV, casts)
+
+bp.each_with_index do |record, count|
+ bp.puts record unless options.has_key? :no_stream
+ $stderr.printf "\n% 8d ", count if (count % (options[:count] * 100)) == 0
+ $stderr.print "." if (count % options[:count]) == 0
+end
+
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+
+__END__