mzxml-unpack - decode the base64-encoded scan data in an mzXML or mzML file
mzxml-unpack [options] <file>
Options: -r[ange] <from:0+n> .. <to:0+n> write only scans with numbers between <from> and <to> -hex add the hex encoding of decimals <file> input file
extract only scans with numbers between <from> and <to>
Note: this option breaks the structure of the output file (the parts preceding and following the selected range of scans are not written). It is mainly useful in checking the XML syntax and the contents of a small number of scans. For extracting the scan data in tabular format, there is a more suitable tool, uf-scan.
add the hex encoding of decimals
It is sometimes useful to see how the value written to an XML file by a decoder program was encoded in the raw file. This option instructs mzxml-unpack to prepend all decimal values in binary arrays with their hexadecimal encoding. Even though the binary values in the XML interchange formats (mzXML and mzML) are encoded in the network order, mzxml-unpack shows the little-endian format (in case the value needs to be located in the raw file (Thermo raw files are little-endian).
This option is only implemented for mzXML files.
mzxml-unpack will read the given input file and unpack the contents of the scan.peaks element in mzXML or binary in mzML. Both formats use base64 encoding to save space; unpacking this encoding makes the data human-readable. It does not otherwise change the file structure (unless option -r is used), so in principle, it can be packed again.
uf-scan uf-mzxml
mzxml-unpack sample.mzXML > sample-unpacked.mzXML mzxml-unpack -hex sample.mzML > sample-unpacked.mzML
To install Finnigan, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Finnigan
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Finnigan
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.