]> git.donarmstrong.com Git - mothur.git/blobdiff - sffinfocommand.cpp
removed parse.sff command and made its functionality part of sffinfo command. fixed...
[mothur.git] / sffinfocommand.cpp
index 66f65ac9f8422eb5a8b8877000228cdabc21b487..c9bc469cf80c0871e7a4e8868ae1866960f4afcd 100644 (file)
 #include "sffinfocommand.h"
 #include "endiannessmacros.h"
 
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+vector<string> SffInfoCommand::getValidParameters(){   
+       try {
+               string Array[] =  {"sff","qfile","fasta","flow","trim","accnos","sfftxt","outputdir","inputdir", "outputdir"};
+               vector<string> myArray (Array, Array+(sizeof(Array)/sizeof(string)));
+               return myArray;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "getValidParameters");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+SffInfoCommand::SffInfoCommand(){      
+       try {
+               abort = true;
+               //initialize outputTypes
+               vector<string> tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["flow"] = tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["sfftxt"] = tempOutNames;
+               outputTypes["qual"] = tempOutNames;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "SffInfoCommand");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+vector<string> SffInfoCommand::getRequiredParameters(){        
+       try {
+               string Array[] =  {"sff", "sfftxt", "or"};
+               vector<string> myArray (Array, Array+(sizeof(Array)/sizeof(string)));
+               return myArray;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "getRequiredParameters");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+vector<string> SffInfoCommand::getRequiredFiles(){     
+       try {
+               vector<string> myArray;
+               return myArray;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "getRequiredFiles");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
 
 SffInfoCommand::SffInfoCommand(string option)  {
        try {
                abort = false;
+               hasAccnos = false;
                
                //allow user to run help
                if(option == "help") { help(); abort = true; }
                
                else {
                        //valid paramters for this command
-                       string Array[] =  {"sff","outputdir","inputdir", "outputdir"};
+                       string Array[] =  {"sff","qfile","fasta","flow","trim","accnos","sfftxt","outputdir","inputdir", "outputdir"};
                        vector<string> myArray (Array, Array+(sizeof(Array)/sizeof(string)));
                        
                        OptionParser parser(option);
@@ -33,6 +85,13 @@ SffInfoCommand::SffInfoCommand(string option)  {
                                if (validParameter.isValidParameter(it->first, myArray, it->second) != true) {  abort = true;  }
                        }
                        
+                       //initialize outputTypes
+                       vector<string> tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["fasta"] = tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["flow"] = tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["sfftxt"] = tempOutNames;
+                       outputTypes["qual"] = tempOutNames;
+                       
                        //if the user changes the output directory command factory will send this info to us in the output parameter 
                        outputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "outputdir", false);           if (outputDir == "not found"){  outputDir = "";         }
                        
@@ -40,24 +99,49 @@ SffInfoCommand::SffInfoCommand(string option)  {
                        string inputDir = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "inputdir", false);        if (inputDir == "not found"){ inputDir = "";          }
 
                        sffFilename = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "sff", false);
-                       if (sffFilename == "not found") { m->mothurOut("sff is a required parameter for the sffinfo command."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true;  }
+                       if (sffFilename == "not found") { sffFilename = "";  }
                        else { 
-                               splitAtDash(sffFilename, filenames);
+                               m->splitAtDash(sffFilename, filenames);
                                
                                //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
                                for (int i = 0; i < filenames.size(); i++) {
                                        if (inputDir != "") {
-                                               string path = hasPath(filenames[i]);
+                                               string path = m->hasPath(filenames[i]);
                                                //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
                                                if (path == "") {       filenames[i] = inputDir + filenames[i];         }
                                        }
        
                                        ifstream in;
-                                       int ableToOpen = openInputFile(filenames[i], in);
+                                       int ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(filenames[i], in, "noerror");
+                               
+                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                               if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                       string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(filenames[i]);
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + filenames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                       ifstream in2;
+                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                       in2.close();
+                                                       filenames[i] = tryPath;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       
+                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                               if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                       string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(filenames[i]);
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + filenames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                       ifstream in2;
+                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                       in2.close();
+                                                       filenames[i] = tryPath;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       
                                        in.close();
                                        
                                        if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
-                                               m->mothurOut(filenames[i] + " will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); 
+                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + filenames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                                                //erase from file list
                                                filenames.erase(filenames.begin()+i);
                                                i--;
@@ -67,6 +151,97 @@ SffInfoCommand::SffInfoCommand(string option)  {
                                //make sure there is at least one valid file left
                                if (filenames.size() == 0) { m->mothurOut("no valid files."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
                        }
+                       
+                       accnosName = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "accnos", false);
+                       if (accnosName == "not found") { accnosName = "";  }
+                       else { 
+                               hasAccnos = true;
+                               m->splitAtDash(accnosName, accnosFileNames);
+                               
+                               //go through files and make sure they are good, if not, then disregard them
+                               for (int i = 0; i < accnosFileNames.size(); i++) {
+                                       if (inputDir != "") {
+                                               string path = m->hasPath(accnosFileNames[i]);
+                                               //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                               if (path == "") {       accnosFileNames[i] = inputDir + accnosFileNames[i];             }
+                                       }
+       
+                                       ifstream in;
+                                       int ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(accnosFileNames[i], in, "noerror");
+                               
+                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                               if (m->getDefaultPath() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                       string tryPath = m->getDefaultPath() + m->getSimpleName(accnosFileNames[i]);
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + accnosFileNames[i] + ". Trying default " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                       ifstream in2;
+                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                       in2.close();
+                                                       accnosFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       //if you can't open it, try default location
+                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) {
+                                               if (m->getOutputDir() != "") { //default path is set
+                                                       string tryPath = m->getOutputDir() + m->getSimpleName(accnosFileNames[i]);
+                                                       m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + accnosFileNames[i] + ". Trying output directory " + tryPath); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                                       ifstream in2;
+                                                       ableToOpen = m->openInputFile(tryPath, in2, "noerror");
+                                                       in2.close();
+                                                       accnosFileNames[i] = tryPath;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       in.close();
+                                       
+                                       if (ableToOpen == 1) { 
+                                               m->mothurOut("Unable to open " + accnosFileNames[i] + ". It will be disregarded."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                                               //erase from file list
+                                               accnosFileNames.erase(accnosFileNames.begin()+i);
+                                               i--;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+                               //make sure there is at least one valid file left
+                               if (accnosFileNames.size() == 0) { m->mothurOut("no valid files."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort = true; }
+                       }
+                       
+                       if (hasAccnos) {
+                               if (accnosFileNames.size() != filenames.size()) { abort = true; m->mothurOut("If you provide a accnos file, you must have one for each sff file."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); }
+                       }
+                       
+                       string temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "qfile", false);                     if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "T";                             }
+                       qual = m->isTrue(temp); 
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "fasta", false);                            if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "T";                             }
+                       fasta = m->isTrue(temp); 
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "flow", false);                                     if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "F";                             }
+                       flow = m->isTrue(temp); 
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "trim", false);                                     if (temp == "not found"){       temp = "T";                             }
+                       trim = m->isTrue(temp); 
+                       
+                       temp = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "sfftxt", false);                           
+                       if (temp == "not found")        {       temp = "F";      sfftxt = false; sfftxtFilename = "";           }
+                       else if (m->isTrue(temp))       {       sfftxt = true;          sfftxtFilename = "";                            }
+                       else {
+                               //you are a filename
+                               if (inputDir != "") {
+                                       map<string,string>::iterator it = parameters.find("sfftxt");
+                                       //user has given a template file
+                                       if(it != parameters.end()){ 
+                                               string path = m->hasPath(it->second);
+                                               //if the user has not given a path then, add inputdir. else leave path alone.
+                                               if (path == "") {       parameters["sfftxt"] = inputDir + it->second;           }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               
+                               sfftxtFilename = validParameter.validFile(parameters, "sfftxt", true);
+                               if (sfftxtFilename == "not found") { sfftxtFilename = "";  }
+                               else if (sfftxtFilename == "not open") { sfftxtFilename = "";  }
+                       }
+                       
+                       if ((sfftxtFilename == "") && (filenames.size() == 0)) {  m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: you must provide a valid sff or sfftxt file."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); abort=true; }
                }
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -78,9 +253,17 @@ SffInfoCommand::SffInfoCommand(string option)  {
 
 void SffInfoCommand::help(){
        try {
-               m->mothurOut("The sffinfo command reads a sff file and outputs a .sff.txt file.\n");
-               
-               m->mothurOut("Example sffinfo(sff=...).\n");
+               m->mothurOut("The sffinfo command reads a sff file and extracts the sequence data, or you can use it to parse a sfftxt file..\n");
+               m->mothurOut("The sffinfo command parameters are sff, fasta, qfile, accnos, flow, sfftxt, and trim. sff is required. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("The sff parameter allows you to enter the sff file you would like to extract data from.  You may enter multiple files by separating them by -'s.\n");
+               m->mothurOut("The fasta parameter allows you to indicate if you would like a fasta formatted file generated.  Default=True. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("The qfile parameter allows you to indicate if you would like a quality file generated.  Default=True. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("The flow parameter allows you to indicate if you would like a flowgram file generated.  Default=False. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("The sfftxt parameter allows you to indicate if you would like a sff.txt file generated.  Default=False. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("If you want to parse an existing sfftxt file into flow, fasta and quality file, enter the file name using the sfftxt parameter. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("The trim parameter allows you to indicate if you would like a sequences and quality scores trimmed to the clipQualLeft and clipQualRight values.  Default=True. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("The accnos parameter allows you to provide a accnos file containing the names of the sequences you would like extracted. You may enter multiple files by separating them by -'s. \n");
+               m->mothurOut("Example sffinfo(sff=mySffFile.sff, trim=F).\n");
                m->mothurOut("Note: No spaces between parameter labels (i.e. sff), '=' and parameters (i.e.yourSffFileName).\n\n");
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -102,18 +285,20 @@ int SffInfoCommand::execute(){
                        
                        if (m->control_pressed) {  for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {       remove(outputNames[i].c_str());         } return 0; }
                        
+                       int start = time(NULL);
+                       
                        m->mothurOut("Extracting info from " + filenames[s] + " ..." ); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                        
-                       if (outputDir == "") {  outputDir += hasPath(filenames[s]); }
-                       string outputFileName = outputDir + getRootName(getSimpleName(filenames[s])) + "sff.txt";
-                                               
-                       extractSffInfo(filenames[s], outputFileName);
+                       string accnos = "";
+                       if (hasAccnos) { accnos = accnosFileNames[s]; }
                        
-                       outputNames.push_back(outputFileName);
+                       int numReads = extractSffInfo(filenames[s], accnos);
 
-                       m->mothurOut("Done."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
+                       m->mothurOut("It took " + toString(time(NULL) - start) + " secs to extract " + toString(numReads) + ".");
                }
                
+               if (sfftxtFilename != "") {  parseSffTxt(); }
+               
                if (m->control_pressed) {  for (int i = 0; i < outputNames.size(); i++) {       remove(outputNames[i].c_str());         } return 0; }
                
                //report output filenames
@@ -130,51 +315,92 @@ int SffInfoCommand::execute(){
        }
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
-int SffInfoCommand::extractSffInfo(string input, string output){
+int SffInfoCommand::extractSffInfo(string input, string accnos){
        try {
-               ofstream out;
-               openOutputFile(output, out);
+               
+               if (outputDir == "") {  outputDir += m->hasPath(input); }
+               
+               if (accnos != "")       {  readAccnosFile(accnos);  }
+               else                            {       seqNames.clear();               }
+
+               ofstream outSfftxt, outFasta, outQual, outFlow;
+               string outFastaFileName, outQualFileName;
+               string sfftxtFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(input)) + "sff.txt";
+               string outFlowFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(input)) + "flow";
+               if (trim) {
+                       outFastaFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(input)) + "fasta";
+                       outQualFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(input)) + "qual";
+               }else{
+                       outFastaFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(input)) + "raw.fasta";
+                       outQualFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(input)) + "raw.qual";
+               }
+               
+               if (sfftxt) { m->openOutputFile(sfftxtFileName, outSfftxt); outSfftxt.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); outSfftxt.setf(ios::showpoint);  outputNames.push_back(sfftxtFileName);  outputTypes["sfftxt"].push_back(sfftxtFileName); }
+               if (fasta)      { m->openOutputFile(outFastaFileName, outFasta);        outputNames.push_back(outFastaFileName); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(outFastaFileName); }
+               if (qual)       { m->openOutputFile(outQualFileName, outQual);          outputNames.push_back(outQualFileName); outputTypes["qual"].push_back(outQualFileName);  }
+               if (flow)       { m->openOutputFile(outFlowFileName, outFlow);          outputNames.push_back(outFlowFileName);  outFlow.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); outFlow.setf(ios::showpoint); outputTypes["flow"].push_back(outFlowFileName);  }
                
                ifstream in;
                in.open(input.c_str(), ios::binary);
                
-               CommonHeader* header = new CommonHeader()
+               CommonHeader header
                readCommonHeader(in, header);
                
-               cout << strlen(header->flowChars) << endl;      
-               //cout << "magic = " << header->magicNumber << endl << "version = " << header->version << endl << "index offset = " << header->indexOffset << endl << "index length = "<< header->indexLength << endl << "numreads = " << header->numReads << endl << "header length = " << header->headerLength << endl << "key length = " << header->keyLength << endl;
-//cout << "numflowreads = "<< header->numFlowsPerRead << endl << "flow format code = "<< header->flogramFormatCode << endl << "flow chars = " << header->flowChars << endl << "key sequence = " << header->keySequence << endl << endl;                
-               cout << in.tellg() << endl;
+               int count = 0;
+               
+               //check magic number and version
+               if (header.magicNumber != 779314790) { m->mothurOut("Magic Number is not correct, not a valid .sff file"); m->mothurOutEndLine(); return count; }
+               if (header.version != "0001") { m->mothurOut("Version is not supported, only support version 0001."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); return count; }
+       
+               //print common header
+               if (sfftxt) {   printCommonHeader(outSfftxt, header);           }
+               if (flow)       {       outFlow << header.numFlowsPerRead << endl;      }
+                       
                //read through the sff file
                while (!in.eof()) {
-                       //print common header
-                       printCommonHeader(out, header, true);
-
-                       //read header
-                       Header* readheader = new Header();
-                       readHeader(in, readheader);
                        
-                       cout << in.tellg() << endl;
+                       bool print = true;
                        
-                       //print header
-                       printHeader(out, readheader, true);
+                       //read header
+                       Header readheader;
+                       readHeader(in, readheader);
                        
                        //read data
-                       seqRead* read = new seqRead(); 
-                       readSeqData(in, read, header->numFlowsPerRead, readheader->numBases);
+                       seqRead read; 
+                       readSeqData(in, read, header.numFlowsPerRead, readheader.numBases);
+                               
+                       //if you have provided an accosfile and this seq is not in it, then dont print
+                       if (seqNames.size() != 0) {   if (seqNames.count(readheader.name) == 0) { print = false; }  }
                        
-                       cout << in.tellg() << endl;
+                       //print 
+                       if (print) {
+                               if (sfftxt) { printHeader(outSfftxt, readheader); printSffTxtSeqData(outSfftxt, read, readheader); }
+                               if (fasta)      {       printFastaSeqData(outFasta, read, readheader);  }
+                               if (qual)       {       printQualSeqData(outQual, read, readheader);    }
+                               if (flow)       {       printFlowSeqData(outFlow, read, readheader);    }
+                       }
                        
-                       //print data
-                       printSeqData(out, read, true);
-       
+                       count++;
+               
+                       //report progress
+                       if((count+1) % 10000 == 0){     m->mothurOut(toString(count+1)); m->mothurOutEndLine();         }
+               
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { count = 0; break;   }
+                       
+                       if (count >= header.numReads) { break; }
                }
                
+               //report progress
+               if (!m->control_pressed) {   if((count) % 10000 != 0){  m->mothurOut(toString(count)); m->mothurOutEndLine();           }  }
                
                in.close();
-               out.close();
                
-               return 0;
+               if (sfftxt) {  outSfftxt.close();       }
+               if (fasta)      {  outFasta.close();    }
+               if (qual)       {  outQual.close();             }
+               if (flow)       {  outFlow.close();             }
+               
+               return count;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
                m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "extractSffInfo");
@@ -182,103 +408,76 @@ int SffInfoCommand::extractSffInfo(string input, string output){
        }
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
-int SffInfoCommand::readCommonHeader(ifstream& in, CommonHeader*& header){
+int SffInfoCommand::readCommonHeader(ifstream& in, CommonHeader& header){
        try {
 
                if (!in.eof()) {
-               
+
                        //read magic number
-                       char* buffer = new char(sizeof(header->magicNumber));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->magicNumber));
-                       header->magicNumber = be_int4(*(unsigned int *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
-       //cout << "here " << header->magicNumber << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;                 
+                       char buffer[4];
+                       in.read(buffer, 4);
+                       header.magicNumber = be_int4(*(unsigned int *)(&buffer));
+               
                        //read version
-                       header->version = new char(4);
-                       in.read(header->version, 4);
-                       string tempBuf0 = header->version;  //this is in here because the read sometimes tacks on extra chars, not sure why?
-                       if (tempBuf0.length() > 4) { tempBuf0 = tempBuf0.substr(0, 4);  strcpy(header->version, tempBuf0.c_str());  }
-                       //memcpy(header->version, buffer+4, 4);
-       //cout << "here " << header->version  << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;    
+                       char buffer9[4];
+                       in.read(buffer9, 4);
+                       header.version = "";
+                       for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {  header.version += toString((int)(buffer9[i])); }
+                               
                        //read offset
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->indexOffset));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->indexOffset));
-                       header->indexOffset =  be_int8(*(unsigned long int *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
-       //cout << "here " << header->indexOffset  << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;                
+                       char buffer2 [8];
+                       in.read(buffer2, 8);
+                       header.indexOffset =  be_int8(*(unsigned long int *)(&buffer2));
+                       
                        //read index length
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->indexLength));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->indexLength));
-                       header->indexLength =  be_int4(*(unsigned int *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
-       //cout << "here " << header->indexLength << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;                 
+                       char buffer3 [4];
+                       in.read(buffer3, 4);
+                       header.indexLength =  be_int4(*(unsigned int *)(&buffer3));
+                       
                        //read num reads
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->numReads));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->numReads));
-                       header->numReads =  be_int4(*(unsigned int *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;        
-       //cout << "here " << header->numReads << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;                    
+                       char buffer4 [4];
+                       in.read(buffer4, 4);
+                       header.numReads =  be_int4(*(unsigned int *)(&buffer4));
+                               
                        //read header length
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->headerLength));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->headerLength));
-                       header->headerLength =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
-       //cout << "here " << header->headerLength << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;                        
+                       char buffer5 [2];
+                       in.read(buffer5, 2);
+                       header.headerLength =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer5));
+                                       
                        //read key length
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->keyLength));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->keyLength));
-                       header->keyLength = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
-       
-//cout << "here " << header->keyLength << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;
+                       char buffer6 [2];
+                       in.read(buffer6, 2);
+                       header.keyLength = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer6));
+                       
                        //read number of flow reads
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->numFlowsPerRead));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->numFlowsPerRead));
-                       header->numFlowsPerRead =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
-               //cout << "here " << header->numFlowsPerRead << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;             
+                       char buffer7 [2];
+                       in.read(buffer7, 2);
+                       header.numFlowsPerRead =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer7));
+                               
                        //read format code
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->flogramFormatCode));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->flogramFormatCode));
-                       header->flogramFormatCode = be_int1(*(char *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
-       //cout << "here " << header->flogramFormatCode << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;   
-       
+                       char buffer8 [1];
+                       in.read(buffer8, 1);
+                       header.flogramFormatCode = (int)(buffer8[0]);
+                       
                        //read flow chars
-                       //header->numFlowsPerRead = 800;
-                       header->flowChars = new char(header->numFlowsPerRead);
-                       buffer = new char(header->numFlowsPerRead);
-       //cout << "here" << endl;
-                       //in.read(header->flowChars, header->numFlowsPerRead); 
-                       in.read(buffer, header->numFlowsPerRead); 
-                       memcpy(header->flowChars, buffer, header->numFlowsPerRead);
-                       delete[] buffer;
-       //cout << "here" << endl;
-                       //string tempBuf1 = header->flowChars;
-       //cout << "here " << in.tellg() << endl;
-                       //if (tempBuf1.length() > header->numFlowsPerRead) { tempBuf1 = tempBuf1.substr(0, header->numFlowsPerRead);  strcpy(header->flowChars, tempBuf1.c_str()); }
-                       
-       //      cout << "here " << header->flowChars << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;     
+                       char* tempBuffer = new char[header.numFlowsPerRead];
+                       in.read(&(*tempBuffer), header.numFlowsPerRead); 
+                       header.flowChars = tempBuffer;
+                       if (header.flowChars.length() > header.numFlowsPerRead) { header.flowChars = header.flowChars.substr(0, header.numFlowsPerRead);  }
+                       delete[] tempBuffer;
+                       
                        //read key
-                       //header->keyLength = 4;
-       //char* myAlloc2 = new char(4); cout << "alloced" << endl;
-                       header->keySequence = new char(header->keyLength);
-                       //char* myAlloc = new char(4);
-       //      cout << "here " << endl;                
-                       in.read(header->keySequence, header->keyLength);
-                       string tempBuf2 = header->keySequence;
-                       if (tempBuf2.length() > header->keyLength) { tempBuf2 = tempBuf2.substr(0, header->keyLength);  strcpy(header->keySequence, tempBuf2.c_str()); }
-       //cout << "here " << header->keySequence << '\t' << in.tellg() << endl;
-       
+                       char* tempBuffer2 = new char[header.keyLength];
+                       in.read(&(*tempBuffer2), header.keyLength);
+                       header.keySequence = tempBuffer2;
+                       if (header.keySequence.length() > header.keyLength) { header.keySequence = header.keySequence.substr(0, header.keyLength);  }
+                       delete[] tempBuffer2;
+                               
                        /* Pad to 8 chars */
-                       int spotInFile = in.tellg();
-       //cout << spotInFile << endl;
-                       int spot = floor((spotInFile + 7) /(float) 8) * 8;
-       //cout << spot << endl;
+                       unsigned long int spotInFile = in.tellg();
+                       unsigned long int spot = (spotInFile + 7)& ~7;  // ~ inverts
                        in.seekg(spot);
-       
-       //exit(1);      
-
+                       
                }else{
                        m->mothurOut("Error reading sff common header."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                }
@@ -291,61 +490,62 @@ int SffInfoCommand::readCommonHeader(ifstream& in, CommonHeader*& header){
        }
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
-int SffInfoCommand::readHeader(ifstream& in, Header*& header){
+int SffInfoCommand::readHeader(ifstream& in, Header& header){
        try {
        
                if (!in.eof()) {
-                       string tempBuf = "";
                        
                        //read header length
-                       char* buffer = new char(sizeof(header->headerLength));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->headerLength));
-                       header->headerLength = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
+                       char buffer [2];
+                       in.read(buffer, 2);
+                       header.headerLength = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer));
                                                
                        //read name length
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->nameLength));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->nameLength));
-                       header->nameLength = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
+                       char buffer2 [2];
+                       in.read(buffer2, 2);
+                       header.nameLength = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer2));
 
                        //read num bases
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->numBases));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->numBases));
-                       header->numBases =  be_int4(*(unsigned int *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
+                       char buffer3 [4];
+                       in.read(buffer3, 4);
+                       header.numBases =  be_int4(*(unsigned int *)(&buffer3));
                        
                        //read clip qual left
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->clipQualLeft));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->clipQualLeft));
-                       header->clipQualLeft =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
+                       char buffer4 [2];
+                       in.read(buffer4, 2);
+                       header.clipQualLeft =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer4));
+                       header.clipQualLeft = 5; 
                        
                        //read clip qual right
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->clipQualRight));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->clipQualRight));
-                       header->clipQualRight =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
+                       char buffer5 [2];
+                       in.read(buffer5, 2);
+                       header.clipQualRight =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer5));
                        
                        //read clipAdapterLeft
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->clipAdapterLeft));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->clipAdapterLeft));
-                       header->clipAdapterLeft = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
+                       char buffer6 [2];
+                       in.read(buffer6, 2);
+                       header.clipAdapterLeft = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer6));
 
                        //read clipAdapterRight
-                       buffer = new char(sizeof(header->clipAdapterRight));
-                       in.read(buffer, sizeof(header->clipAdapterRight));
-                       header->clipAdapterRight =  be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                       delete[] buffer;
+                       char buffer7 [2];
+                       in.read(buffer7, 2);
+                       header.clipAdapterRight = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer7));
                
                        //read name
-                       header->name = new char(header->nameLength);
-                       //buffer = new char(header->nameLength);
-                       in.read(header->name, header->nameLength);
-                       //memcpy(header->name, buffer, header->nameLength);
-                       //delete[] buffer;
-
+                       char* tempBuffer = new char[header.nameLength];
+                       in.read(&(*tempBuffer), header.nameLength);
+                       header.name = tempBuffer;
+                       if (header.name.length() > header.nameLength) { header.name = header.name.substr(0, header.nameLength);  }
+                       delete[] tempBuffer;
+                       
+                       //extract info from name
+                       decodeName(header.timestamp, header.region, header.xy, header.name);
+                       
+                       /* Pad to 8 chars */
+                       unsigned long int spotInFile = in.tellg();
+                       unsigned long int spot = (spotInFile + 7)& ~7;
+                       in.seekg(spot);
+                       
                }else{
                        m->mothurOut("Error reading sff header info."); m->mothurOutEndLine();
                }
@@ -358,53 +558,45 @@ int SffInfoCommand::readHeader(ifstream& in, Header*& header){
        }
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
-int SffInfoCommand::readSeqData(ifstream& in, seqRead*& read, int numFlowReads, int numBases){
+int SffInfoCommand::readSeqData(ifstream& in, seqRead& read, int numFlowReads, int numBases){
        try {
        
                if (!in.eof()) {
-                                               
-                       string tempBuf = "";
-                       char* buffer;
-                       
+       
                        //read flowgram
-                       read->flowgram.resize(numFlowReads);
+                       read.flowgram.resize(numFlowReads);
                        for (int i = 0; i < numFlowReads; i++) {  
-                               buffer = new char((sizeof(unsigned short)));
-                               in.read(buffer, (sizeof(unsigned short)));
-                               read->flowgram[i] = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(buffer));
-                               delete[] buffer;
+                               char buffer [2];
+                               in.read(buffer, 2);
+                               read.flowgram[i] = be_int2(*(unsigned short *)(&buffer));
                        }
-                       
-                       //read flowgram
-                       read->flowIndex.resize(numBases);
+       
+                       //read flowIndex
+                       read.flowIndex.resize(numBases);
                        for (int i = 0; i < numBases; i++) {  
-                               buffer = new char(1);
-                               in.read(buffer, 1);
-                               read->flowgram[i] = be_int1(*(unsigned int *)(buffer));
-                               delete[] buffer;
+                               char temp[1];
+                               in.read(temp, 1);
+                               read.flowIndex[i] = be_int1(*(unsigned char *)(&temp));
                        }
-                       
+       
                        //read bases
-                       read->bases = new char(numBases);
-                       in.read(read->bases, numBases);
-                       tempBuf = buffer;
-                       if (tempBuf.length() > numBases) { tempBuf = tempBuf.substr(0, numBases); strcpy(read->bases, tempBuf.c_str());  }
-                       
+                       char* tempBuffer = new char[numBases];
+                       in.read(&(*tempBuffer), numBases);
+                       read.bases = tempBuffer;
+                       if (read.bases.length() > numBases) { read.bases = read.bases.substr(0, numBases);  }
+                       delete[] tempBuffer;
 
-                       //read flowgram
-                       read->qualScores.resize(numBases);
+                       //read qual scores
+                       read.qualScores.resize(numBases);
                        for (int i = 0; i < numBases; i++) {  
-                               buffer = new char(1);
-                               in.read(buffer, 1);
-                               read->qualScores[i] = be_int1(*(unsigned int *)(buffer));
-                               delete[] buffer;
+                               char temp[1];
+                               in.read(temp, 1);
+                               read.qualScores[i] = be_int1(*(unsigned char *)(&temp));
                        }
-                       
+       
                        /* Pad to 8 chars */
-                       int spotInFile = in.tellg();
-       cout << spotInFile << endl;
-                       int spot = floor((spotInFile + 7) /(float) 8) * 8;
-       cout << spot << endl;
+                       unsigned long int spotInFile = in.tellg();
+                       unsigned long int spot = (spotInFile + 7)& ~7;
                        in.seekg(spot);
                        
                }else{
@@ -419,25 +611,57 @@ int SffInfoCommand::readSeqData(ifstream& in, seqRead*& read, int numFlowReads,
        }
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
-int SffInfoCommand::printCommonHeader(ofstream& out, CommonHeader* header, bool debug) {
+int SffInfoCommand::decodeName(string& timestamp, string& region, string& xy, string name) {
+       try {
+               
+               string time = name.substr(0, 6);
+               unsigned int timeNum = m->fromBase36(time);
+                       
+               int q1 = timeNum / 60;
+               int sec = timeNum - 60 * q1;
+               int q2 = q1 / 60;
+               int minute = q1 - 60 * q2;
+               int q3 = q2 / 24;
+               int hr = q2 - 24 * q3;
+               int q4 = q3 / 32;
+               int day = q3 - 32 * q4;
+               int q5 = q4 / 13;
+               int mon = q4 - 13 * q5;
+               int year = 2000 + q5;
+               
+               timestamp = toString(year) + "_" + toString(mon) + "_" + toString(day) + "_" + toString(hr) + "_" + toString(minute) + "_" + toString(sec);
+               
+               region = name.substr(7, 2);
+               
+               string xyNum = name.substr(9);
+               unsigned int myXy = m->fromBase36(xyNum);
+               int x = myXy >> 12;
+               int y = myXy & 4095;
+               
+               xy = toString(x) + "_" + toString(y);
+                       
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "decodeName");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int SffInfoCommand::printCommonHeader(ofstream& out, CommonHeader& header) {
        try {
        
-               string output = "Common Header:\nMagic Number: ";
-               output += toString(header->magicNumber) + '\n';
-               output += "Version: " + toString(header->version) + '\n';
-               output += "Index Offset: " + toString(header->indexOffset) + '\n';
-               output += "Index Length: " + toString(header->indexLength) + '\n';      
-               output += "Number of Reads: " + toString(header->numReads) + '\n';
-               output += "Header Length: " + toString(header->headerLength) + '\n';
-               output += "Key Length: " + toString(header->keyLength) + '\n';
-               output += "Number of Flows: " + toString(header->numFlowsPerRead) + '\n';
-               output += "Format Code: " + toString(header->flogramFormatCode) + '\n';
-               output += "Flow Chars: " + toString(header->flowChars) + '\n';
-               output += "Key Sequence: " + toString(header->keySequence) + '\n';
-               
-               out << output << endl;
-               
-               if (debug) { cout << output << endl; }
+               out << "Common Header:\nMagic Number: " << header.magicNumber << endl;
+               out << "Version: " << header.version << endl;
+               out << "Index Offset: " << header.indexOffset << endl;
+               out << "Index Length: " << header.indexLength << endl;
+               out << "Number of Reads: " << header.numReads << endl;
+               out << "Header Length: " << header.headerLength << endl;
+               out << "Key Length: " << header.keyLength << endl;
+               out << "Number of Flows: " << header.numFlowsPerRead << endl;
+               out << "Format Code: " << header.flogramFormatCode << endl;
+               out << "Flow Chars: " << header.flowChars << endl;
+               out << "Key Sequence: " << header.keySequence << endl << endl;
                        
                return 0;
        }
@@ -447,21 +671,26 @@ int SffInfoCommand::printCommonHeader(ofstream& out, CommonHeader* header, bool
        }
 }
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
-int SffInfoCommand::printHeader(ofstream& out, Header* header, bool debug) {
+int SffInfoCommand::printHeader(ofstream& out, Header& header) {
        try {
-               string name = header->name;
-               string output = ">" + name + "\nRead Header Length: " + toString(header->headerLength) + '\n';
-               output += "Name Length: " + toString(header->nameLength) + '\n';
-               output += "Number of Bases: " + toString(header->numBases) + '\n';
-               output += "Clip Qual Left: " + toString(header->clipQualLeft) + '\n';
-               output += "Clip Qual Right: " + toString(header->clipQualLeft) + '\n';
-               output += "Clip Adap Left: " + toString(header->clipQualLeft) + '\n';
-               output += "Clip Adap Right: " + toString(header->clipQualLeft) + '\n';
                
-               out << output << endl;
+               out << ">" << header.name << endl;
+               out << "Run Prefix: " << header.timestamp << endl;
+               out << "Region #:  " << header.region << endl;
+               out << "XY Location: " << header.xy << endl << endl;
+               
+               out << "Run Name:  " << endl;
+               out << "Analysis Name:  " << endl;
+               out << "Full Path: " << endl << endl;
+               
+               out << "Read Header Len: " << header.headerLength << endl;
+               out << "Name Length: " << header.nameLength << endl;
+               out << "# of Bases: " << header.numBases << endl;
+               out << "Clip Qual Left: " << header.clipQualLeft << endl;
+               out << "Clip Qual Right: " << header.clipQualRight << endl;
+               out << "Clip Adap Left: " << header.clipAdapterLeft << endl;
+               out << "Clip Adap Right: " << header.clipAdapterRight << endl << endl;
                
-               if (debug) { cout << output << endl; }
-
                return 0;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
@@ -471,27 +700,378 @@ int SffInfoCommand::printHeader(ofstream& out, Header* header, bool debug) {
 }
 
 //**********************************************************************************************************************
-int SffInfoCommand::printSeqData(ofstream& out, seqRead* read, bool debug) {
+int SffInfoCommand::printSffTxtSeqData(ofstream& out, seqRead& read, Header& header) {
+       try {
+               
+               out << "Flowgram: ";
+               for (int i = 0; i < read.flowgram.size(); i++) { out << setprecision(2) << (read.flowgram[i]/(float)100) << '\t';  }
+               
+               out << endl <<  "Flow Indexes: ";
+               int sum = 0;
+               for (int i = 0; i < read.flowIndex.size(); i++) {  sum +=  read.flowIndex[i];  out << sum << '\t'; }
+               
+               //make the bases you want to clip lowercase and the bases you want to keep upper case
+               if(header.clipQualRight == 0){  header.clipQualRight = read.bases.length();     }
+               for (int i = 0; i < (header.clipQualLeft-1); i++) { read.bases[i] = tolower(read.bases[i]); }
+               for (int i = (header.clipQualLeft-1); i < (header.clipQualRight-1); i++) {   read.bases[i] = toupper(read.bases[i]);  }
+               for (int i = (header.clipQualRight-1); i < read.bases.length(); i++) {   read.bases[i] = tolower(read.bases[i]);  }
+               
+               out << endl <<  "Bases: " << read.bases << endl << "Quality Scores: ";
+               for (int i = 0; i < read.qualScores.size(); i++) {   out << read.qualScores[i] << '\t';  }
+       
+               
+               out << endl << endl;
+               
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "printSffTxtSeqData");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int SffInfoCommand::printFastaSeqData(ofstream& out, seqRead& read, Header& header) {
+       try {
+               
+               string seq = read.bases;
+               
+               if (trim) {
+                       if(header.clipQualRight < header.clipQualLeft){
+                               seq = "NNNN";
+                       }
+                       else if((header.clipQualRight != 0) && ((header.clipQualRight-header.clipQualLeft) >= 0)){
+                               seq = seq.substr((header.clipQualLeft-1), (header.clipQualRight-header.clipQualLeft));
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               seq = seq.substr(header.clipQualLeft-1);
+                       }
+               }else{
+                       //if you wanted the sfftxt then you already converted the bases to the right case
+                       if (!sfftxt) {
+                               //make the bases you want to clip lowercase and the bases you want to keep upper case
+                               if(header.clipQualRight == 0){  header.clipQualRight = seq.length();    }
+                               for (int i = 0; i < (header.clipQualLeft-1); i++) { seq[i] = tolower(seq[i]);  }
+                               for (int i = (header.clipQualLeft-1); i < (header.clipQualRight-1); i++)  {   seq[i] = toupper(seq[i]);  }
+                               for (int i = (header.clipQualRight-1); i < seq.length(); i++) {   seq[i] = tolower(seq[i]);  }
+                       }
+               }
+               
+               out << ">" << header.name  << " xy=" << header.xy << endl;
+               out << seq << endl;
+               
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "printFastaSeqData");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int SffInfoCommand::printQualSeqData(ofstream& out, seqRead& read, Header& header) {
        try {
+               
+               if (trim) {
+                       if(header.clipQualRight < header.clipQualLeft){
+                               out << "0\t0\t0\t0";
+                       }
+                       else if((header.clipQualRight != 0) && ((header.clipQualRight-header.clipQualLeft) >= 0)){
+                               out << ">" << header.name << " xy=" << header.xy << " length=" << (header.clipQualRight-header.clipQualLeft) << endl;
+                               for (int i = (header.clipQualLeft-1); i < (header.clipQualRight-1); i++) {   out << read.qualScores[i] << '\t'; }
+                       }
+                       else{
+                               out << ">" << header.name << " xy=" << header.xy << " length=" << (header.clipQualRight-header.clipQualLeft) << endl;
+                               for (int i = (header.clipQualLeft-1); i < read.qualScores.size(); i++) {   out << read.qualScores[i] << '\t';   }                       
+                       }
+               }else{
+                       out << ">" << header.name << " xy=" << header.xy << " length=" << read.qualScores.size() << endl;
+                       for (int i = 0; i < read.qualScores.size(); i++) {   out << read.qualScores[i] << '\t';  }
+               }
+               
+               out << endl;
+               
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "printQualSeqData");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int SffInfoCommand::printFlowSeqData(ofstream& out, seqRead& read, Header& header) {
+       try {
+               if(header.clipQualRight > header.clipQualLeft){
+                       
+                       int rightIndex = 0;
+                       for (int i = 0; i < header.clipQualRight; i++) {  rightIndex +=  read.flowIndex[i];     }
 
-               string output = "FlowGram: ";
-               for (int i = 0; i < read->flowgram.size(); i++) {  output += toString(read->flowgram[i]) +'\t';  }
-               output += "\nFlow Indexes: ";
-               for (int i = 0; i < read->flowIndex.size(); i++) {  output += toString(read->flowIndex[i]) +'\t';  }
-               string bases = read->bases;
-               output += "\nBases: " + bases + '\n';
-               for (int i = 0; i < read->qualScores.size(); i++) {  output += toString(read->qualScores[i]) +'\t';  }
-               output += '\n';
+                       out << header.name << ' ' << rightIndex;
+                       for (int i = 0; i < read.flowgram.size(); i++) { out << setprecision(2) << ' ' << (read.flowgram[i]/(float)100);  }
+                       out << endl;
+               }
+               
+               
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "printFlowSeqData");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int SffInfoCommand::readAccnosFile(string filename) {
+       try {
+               //remove old names
+               seqNames.clear();
+               
+               ifstream in;
+               m->openInputFile(filename, in);
+               string name;
+               
+               while(!in.eof()){
+                       in >> name; m->gobble(in);
+                                               
+                       seqNames.insert(name);
+                       
+                       if (m->control_pressed) { seqNames.clear(); break; }
+               }
+               in.close();             
+               
+               return 0;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "readAccnosFile");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+int SffInfoCommand::parseSffTxt() {
+       try {
+               
+               ifstream inSFF;
+               m->openInputFile(sfftxtFilename, inSFF);
+               
+               if (outputDir == "") {  outputDir += m->hasPath(sfftxtFilename); }
+               
+               //output file names
+               ofstream outFasta, outQual, outFlow;
+               string outFastaFileName, outQualFileName;
+               string outFlowFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(sfftxtFilename)) + "flow";
+               if (trim) {
+                       outFastaFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(sfftxtFilename)) + "fasta";
+                       outQualFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(sfftxtFilename)) + "qual";
+               }else{
+                       outFastaFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(sfftxtFilename)) + "raw.fasta";
+                       outQualFileName = outputDir + m->getRootName(m->getSimpleName(sfftxtFilename)) + "raw.qual";
+               }
+               
+               if (fasta)      { m->openOutputFile(outFastaFileName, outFasta);        outputNames.push_back(outFastaFileName); outputTypes["fasta"].push_back(outFastaFileName); }
+               if (qual)       { m->openOutputFile(outQualFileName, outQual);          outputNames.push_back(outQualFileName); outputTypes["qual"].push_back(outQualFileName);  }
+               if (flow)       { m->openOutputFile(outFlowFileName, outFlow);          outputNames.push_back(outFlowFileName);  outFlow.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); outFlow.setf(ios::showpoint); outputTypes["flow"].push_back(outFlowFileName);  }
+               
+               //read common header
+               string commonHeader = m->getline(inSFF);
+               string magicNumber = m->getline(inSFF); 
+               string version = m->getline(inSFF);
+               string indexOffset = m->getline(inSFF);
+               string indexLength = m->getline(inSFF);
+               int numReads = parseHeaderLineToInt(inSFF);
+               string headerLength = m->getline(inSFF);
+               string keyLength = m->getline(inSFF);
+               int numFlows = parseHeaderLineToInt(inSFF);
+               string flowgramCode = m->getline(inSFF);
+               string flowChars = m->getline(inSFF);
+               string keySequence = m->getline(inSFF);
+               m->gobble(inSFF);
+               
+               string seqName;
                
-               out << output << endl;
+               if (flow)       {       outFlow << numFlows << endl;    }
                
-               if (debug) { cout << output << endl; }
+               for(int i=0;i<numReads;i++){
+                       
+                       //sanity check
+                       if (inSFF.eof()) { m->mothurOut("[ERROR]: Expected " + toString(numReads) + " but reached end of file at " + toString(i+1) + "."); m->mothurOutEndLine(); break; }
+                       
+                       Header header;
+                       
+                       //parse read header
+                       inSFF >> seqName;
+                       seqName = seqName.substr(1);
+                       m->gobble(inSFF);
+                       header.name = seqName;
+                       
+                       string runPrefix = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);              header.timestamp = runPrefix;
+                       string regionNumber = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);   header.region = regionNumber;
+                       string xyLocation = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);             header.xy = xyLocation;
+                       m->gobble(inSFF);
+                               
+                       string runName = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);
+                       string analysisName = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);
+                       string fullPath = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);
+                       m->gobble(inSFF);
+                       
+                       string readHeaderLen = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);  convert(readHeaderLen, header.headerLength);
+                       string nameLength = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);             convert(nameLength, header.nameLength);
+                       int numBases = parseHeaderLineToInt(inSFF);                             header.numBases = numBases;
+                       string clipQualLeft = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);   convert(clipQualLeft, header.clipQualLeft);
+                       int clipQualRight = parseHeaderLineToInt(inSFF);                header.clipQualRight = clipQualRight;
+                       string clipAdapLeft = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);   convert(clipAdapLeft, header.clipAdapterLeft);
+                       string clipAdapRight = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);  convert(clipAdapRight, header.clipAdapterRight);
+                       m->gobble(inSFF);
+                               
+                       seqRead read;
+                       
+                       //parse read
+                       vector<unsigned short> flowVector = parseHeaderLineToFloatVector(inSFF, numFlows);      read.flowgram = flowVector;
+                       vector<unsigned int> flowIndices = parseHeaderLineToIntVector(inSFF, numBases); 
+                       
+                       //adjust for print
+                       vector<unsigned int> flowIndicesAdjusted; flowIndicesAdjusted.push_back(flowIndices[0]);
+                       for (int j = 1; j < flowIndices.size(); j++) {   flowIndicesAdjusted.push_back(flowIndices[j] - flowIndices[j-1]);   }
+                       read.flowIndex = flowIndicesAdjusted;
+                       
+                       string bases = parseHeaderLineToString(inSFF);                                                                          read.bases = bases;
+                       vector<unsigned int> qualityScores = parseHeaderLineToIntVector(inSFF, numBases);       read.qualScores = qualityScores;
+                       m->gobble(inSFF);
+                                       
+                       //if you have provided an accosfile and this seq is not in it, then dont print
+                       bool print = true;
+                       if (seqNames.size() != 0) {   if (seqNames.count(header.name) == 0) { print = false; }  }
+                       
+                       //print 
+                       if (print) {
+                               if (fasta)      {       printFastaSeqData(outFasta, read, header);      }
+                               if (qual)       {       printQualSeqData(outQual, read, header);        }
+                               if (flow)       {       printFlowSeqData(outFlow, read, header);        }
+                       }
+                       
+                       //report progress
+                       if((i+1) % 10000 == 0){ m->mothurOut(toString(i+1)); m->mothurOutEndLine();             }
+                       
+                       if (m->control_pressed) {  break;  }
+               }
+               
+               //report progress
+               if (!m->control_pressed) {   if((numReads) % 10000 != 0){       m->mothurOut(toString(numReads)); m->mothurOutEndLine();                }  }
+               
+               inSFF.close();
+               
+               if (fasta)      {  outFasta.close();    }
+               if (qual)       {  outQual.close();             }
+               if (flow)       {  outFlow.close();             }
                
                return 0;
        }
        catch(exception& e) {
-               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "printSeqData");
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "parseSffTxt");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+int SffInfoCommand::parseHeaderLineToInt(ifstream& file){
+       try {
+               int number;
+               
+               while (!file.eof())     {
+                       
+                       char c = file.get(); 
+                       if (c == ':'){
+                               file >> number;
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       
+               }
+               m->gobble(file);
+               return number;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "parseHeaderLineToInt");
                exit(1);
        }
+       
 }
-//**********************************************************************************************************************/
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+string SffInfoCommand::parseHeaderLineToString(ifstream& file){
+       try {
+               string text;
+               
+               while (!file.eof())     {
+                       char c = file.get(); 
+                       
+                       if (c == ':'){
+                               //m->gobble(file);
+                               //text = m->getline(file);      
+                               file >> text;
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+               m->gobble(file);
+               
+               return text;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "parseHeaderLineToString");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+vector<unsigned short> SffInfoCommand::parseHeaderLineToFloatVector(ifstream& file, int length){
+       try {
+               vector<unsigned short> floatVector(length);
+               
+               while (!file.eof())     {
+                       char c = file.get(); 
+                       if (c == ':'){
+                               float temp;
+                               for(int i=0;i<length;i++){
+                                       file >> temp;
+                                       floatVector[i] = temp * 100;
+                               }
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+               m->gobble(file);        
+               return floatVector;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "parseHeaderLineToFloatVector");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+vector<unsigned int> SffInfoCommand::parseHeaderLineToIntVector(ifstream& file, int length){
+       try {
+               vector<unsigned int> intVector(length);
+               
+               while (!file.eof())     {
+                       char c = file.get(); 
+                       if (c == ':'){
+                               for(int i=0;i<length;i++){
+                                       file >> intVector[i];
+                               }
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+               m->gobble(file);        
+               return intVector;
+       }
+       catch(exception& e) {
+               m->errorOut(e, "SffInfoCommand", "parseHeaderLineToIntVector");
+               exit(1);
+       }
+}
+
+//**********************************************************************************************************************
+
+
+                               
+