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