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USEARCH commands
 
  usearch_global   Very fast search for high-identity top hit or hits (global alignments).
  usearch_local   Very fast search for high-identity top hit or hits (local alignments).
  ublast   Fast and sensitive search to low identities (local alignments).
  search_global   Comprehensive search (global alignments).
  search_local   Comprehensive search (local alignments).
  cluster_fast   Clustering optimized for speed.
  cluster_smallmem   Clustering optimized for reduced memory use.
  cluster_otus   Cluster marker gene sequences (e.g. 16S or ITS) into OTUs.
  derep_fulllength   Remove duplicated sequences (full-length matches).
  maskfasta   Mask low-complexity regions.
  derep_fulllength   Remove duplicated sequences (full-length matches).
  derep_prefix   Remove duplicated sequences (prefix matches).
  uchime_ref   Chimera filter amplicon sequences using reference database.
  uchime_denovo   Chimera filter amplicon reads de novo.
  pairs_local   Align consecutive  pairs 1&2, 3&4 ... N-1&N (local).
  pairs_global   Align consecutive  pairs 1&2, 3&4 ... N-1&N (global).
  allpairs_local   Pairwise align all vs. all (local).
  allpairs_global   Pairwise align all vs. all (global).
  sortbylength   Sort sequences by decreasing length.
  sortbysize   Sort sequences by decreasing size=N; value in label.
  makeudb_usearch   Create a UDB database from a FASTA file for usearch commands.
  makeudb_ublast   Create a UDB database from a FASTA file for ublast command.
  udb2fasta   Convert UDB database to FASTA.
  udbinfo   Report UDB file header information.
  udbstats   Report UDB index statistics.
  findorfs   Find open reading frames (ORFs) in nucleotide sequences.
  fastq_chars   Report statistics on FASTQ quality scores.
  fastq_filter   Quality filter and / or convert FASTQ to FASTA.
  fastq_mergepairs   Merge overlapped paired reads into single reads.
  version   Show USEARCH build name with version and platform.