fasta splitter

[David Mathog]

> 
> Is there an emboss app to split a large fasta file into a set of
smaller ones?
> I'm combing the docs but can't see anything - it may be staring me in the
> face...

This isn't an EMBOSS entry, but it will probably do what you want:

  ftp://saf.bio.caltech.edu/pub/software/molbio/fastasplitn.c

There are some other fasta related utilities in the same directory.

Regards,

David Mathog
mathog at caltech.edu
Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech