GFF Parent Extractor

A simple C program to extract the Parent value from a GFF file for a given feature ID.

Features

• Finds a genomic feature by its ID in a GFF file.
• Extracts the Parent value from the 9th column of the matching line.

Usage

Compilation

Run the following command to compile the program:

gcc src/gffparent.c -o gffparent

Running the Program

./gffparent <feature_id> <gff_file>

Example

./gffparent "exon-NM_001178341.1-1" data/Scer.gff3