Toy datasets and runme.bash scripts

Toy dataset
The toy dataset should be as small and simple as possible. This makes the problem easier to analyze and is more convenient, e.g. should ideally be small enough to send as an email attachment.

Reduce data size
Please try to reduce the data size as much as possible. This is helpful even if your dataset is small to start with. There are many ways to do this. For example, you could try repeatedly dividing the input data into two and running usearch on each half separately. You could cluster the input at some low identity, say 80%, then try running usearch on one or a few seeds or on one or a few clusters.

Create a standalone directory
Configure your toy dataset so that all the input files are in a single directory. The goal of this step is to enable a runme script that does not use path names so can be installed anywhere in a file system.

Make a runme script
Make a script named runme.bash for the bash shell with the usearch command(s) that reproduce your issue. Ideally, the runme script should be a single usearch or muscle command line. If this is not possible, then the number of calls to usearch or muscle should be reduced as far as possible and other commands (e.g., standard Linux commands) should also be reduced as much as possible. There should be no paths in filenames used in the script.

Package the standalone directory
Make a standalone directory that contains: (1) the input files, typically this will be one or a few FASTA files, (2) the runme.bash script and (3) the output files that you get so that I can verify I get the same answers. Create a gzip compressed tar file using a command like this:

    tar -zcvf /tmp/toy.tz .

Note the period (.) at the end of the command-line above, and note also that the toy.tz file should be created in /tmp or some other directory, not in the stand-alone directory.

Verify the toy works correctly
Create a new directory, extract toy.tz into that directory, and verify that running ./runme.bash reproduces your issue.

Send the toy to me
If the script is small enough, send as an email attachment. Otherwise, you can use a free file sharing service. Occasionally, email systems filter messages with attachments that contain executable files such as scripts, even if they are embedded in tarball files like toy.tz. As a precaution, it is a good idea to send a second email to confirm that the attachment has been send.

Other information
Please also send the following information:

• Version information. This should include the "three-dot" version number e.g. 5.2.13, the "bitness" (32 or 64) and the binary format (win32, win64, linux or osx).
  
• Platform. Send the output from uname -a.