Convert BLAST XML output to tabular blastxml_to_tabular.py $blastxml_file $tabular_file **What it does** NCBI BLAST+ (and the older NCBI 'legacy' BLAST) can output in a range of formats including tabular and a more detailed XML format. A complex workflow may need both the XML and the tabular output. This tool takes the BLAST XML output and converts it into the 12 column tabular equivalent: 1. Id of your sequence 2. GI of the database hit 3. % identity 4. Alignment length 5. # mismatches 6. # gaps 7. Start position in your sequence 8. End position in your sequence 9. Start position in database hit 10. End position in database hit 11. E-value 12. Bit score