# Feature requests granted

**URL:** https://forum.mothur.org/c/feature-requests-granted/10.md

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## [About the Feature requests granted category](https://forum.mothur.org/t/about-the-feature-requests-granted-category/18)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forum.mothur.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/about-the-feature-requests-granted-category/18 "2010-02-24T13:55:09Z")

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You’re right, that would be a killer addition to mothur!

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## [Renaming sequences](https://forum.mothur.org/t/renaming-sequences/22088)

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**Author:** [@gsnr](https://forum.mothur.org/u/gsnr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/renaming-sequences/22088 "2024-03-08T03:04:20Z")

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My sequences were named xyz123 and I want to change all them to GSN1, GSN2, GSN3 and so on… Can some suggest a command in mothur.

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## [generalized UniFrac distances](https://forum.mothur.org/t/generalized-unifrac-distances/1768)

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**Author:** [@wtaheri](https://forum.mothur.org/u/wtaheri)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/generalized-unifrac-distances/1768 "2018-01-22T13:23:42Z")

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Could we get the Chen version of the generalized unifrac into mother? I think it’s the most up to date. It’s described in Chen et al. Associating microbiome composition with environmental covariates using generalized …

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## [Dual dendrograms](https://forum.mothur.org/t/dual-dendrograms/2456)

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**Author:** [@julcham1](https://forum.mothur.org/u/julcham1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/dual-dendrograms/2456 "2015-07-21T12:11:08Z")

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Hi, As I can see, there is no function in Mothur to make dual dendrogram (as published in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154475/). Which software would be the best to replace Mothur for this application ? …

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## [Set Current Working Directory](https://forum.mothur.org/t/set-current-working-directory/166)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/set-current-working-directory/166 "2014-01-31T18:01:53Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/set-current-working-directory/52/1 In version 1.8, we added the set.dir command which allows you to tell mothur where you want you input files to come from and/or where you want the output file…

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## [Rename.seqs command](https://forum.mothur.org/t/rename-seqs-command/1515)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/rename-seqs-command/1515 "2013-09-25T11:59:54Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/manipulate-sequence-identifiers/1206/1 Granted!

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## [create.database - count option](https://forum.mothur.org/t/create-database-count-option/1358)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/create-database-count-option/1358 "2013-05-21T18:03:00Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/create-database-with-count/1340/3 Granted in 1.31.0!

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## [Sequence name modification](https://forum.mothur.org/t/sequence-name-modification/1357)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/sequence-name-modification/1357 "2013-05-21T18:02:07Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/keeping-illumina-headers-unchanged-for-non-mothur-use/1348/5 Granted in 1.31.0!

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## [Filter by taxonomy](https://forum.mothur.org/t/filter-by-taxonomy/1356)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/filter-by-taxonomy/1356 "2013-05-21T18:01:13Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/filter-shared-by-taxonomy/1313/1 Granted in 1.31.0!

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## [filter.shared - rarepercent](https://forum.mothur.org/t/filter-shared-rarepercent/1355)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/filter-shared-rarepercent/1355 "2013-05-21T18:00:32Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/remove-otus-by-total-percentage/1252/1 Granted in 1.31.0!

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## [get.oturep - abundance method](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-oturep-abundance-method/1354)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-oturep-abundance-method/1354 "2013-05-21T17:59:39Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/get-oturep-most-abundant-as-representative/1287/1 Granted in 1.31.0!

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## [Chop.seqs - name group count options](https://forum.mothur.org/t/chop-seqs-name-group-count-options/1353)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/chop-seqs-name-group-count-options/1353 "2013-05-21T17:58:55Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/chop-seqs-group-name-parameters/1290/1 Granted in 1.31.0!

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## [More options for otu.association](https://forum.mothur.org/t/more-options-for-otu-association/1352)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/more-options-for-otu-association/1352 "2013-05-21T17:56:59Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/remove-otus-by-total-percentage/1252/1 Granted in 1.31.0

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## [Chop.seqs multiple processors](https://forum.mothur.org/t/chop-seqs-multiple-processors/1004)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/chop-seqs-multiple-processors/1004 "2012-08-03T16:48:01Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/chop-seqs/987/1 Granted!

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## [fastq.info - fasta, qfile](https://forum.mothur.org/t/fastq-info-fasta-qfile/824)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/fastq-info-fasta-qfile/824 "2012-03-13T22:11:18Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/fastq-info-should-be-able-to-write-out-just-fasta-or-qual/761/1 Granted 1.24.0!

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## [Merging groups](https://forum.mothur.org/t/merging-groups/823)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/merging-groups/823 "2012-03-13T22:10:15Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/reorganize-group-file-regroup-inside-commands/754/1 Granted in 1.24.0!

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## [Numbering OTUs](https://forum.mothur.org/t/numbering-otus/667)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/numbering-otus/667 "2011-10-04T15:16:41Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/numbering-otus/622/1 Granted!

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## [Subsample create a new names file](https://forum.mothur.org/t/subsample-create-a-new-names-file/666)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/subsample-create-a-new-names-file/666 "2011-10-04T15:15:51Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/sub-sample-does-not-write-new-name-file/637/3 Granted!

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## [The number of sequences behind a unique sequence](https://forum.mothur.org/t/the-number-of-sequences-behind-a-unique-sequence/574)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/the-number-of-sequences-behind-a-unique-sequence/574 "2011-06-15T13:37:56Z")

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Granted! The count.seqs command is part of mothur 1.20.0, Redirecting…. http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/get-number-of-sequences-behind-the-unique-sequences/495/4

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## [Reinserting redundant sequence identifiers into a tree](https://forum.mothur.org/t/reinserting-redundant-sequence-identifiers-into-a-tree/573)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/reinserting-redundant-sequence-identifiers-into-a-tree/573 "2011-06-15T12:48:22Z")

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Granted! Check out the deunique.tree command, Redirecting… http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/reinserting-redundant-sequence-identifiers-into-a-tree/492/1

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## [Cutoff for consensus.seqs](https://forum.mothur.org/t/cutoff-for-consensus-seqs/572)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/cutoff-for-consensus-seqs/572 "2011-06-15T12:46:06Z")

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Granted! This change is part of mothur 1.20.0. http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/consensus/416/1

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## ["Current" option = Awesome!](https://forum.mothur.org/t/current-option-awesome/512)

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**Author:** [@Ameet\_Pinto](https://forum.mothur.org/u/Ameet_Pinto)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/current-option-awesome/512 "2011-04-21T20:49:32Z")

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My typing fingers (two finger typing expert here) are breathing a sigh of relief…the current option in V 1.18 is awesome.

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## [make.fastq](https://forum.mothur.org/t/make-fastq/477)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/make-fastq/477 "2011-02-18T18:45:09Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/fasta-qual-fastq/443/2 Granted!

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## [Strip](https://forum.mothur.org/t/strip/434)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/strip/434 "2010-12-13T18:48:52Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/mothur-v1-12-compile-error/300/8 Granted!

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## [Trim.seqs with groupfile](https://forum.mothur.org/t/trim-seqs-with-groupfile/433)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/trim-seqs-with-groupfile/433 "2010-12-13T18:47:45Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/trim-seqs-with-existing-groups-file/398/1 Granted!

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## [Unifrac output](https://forum.mothur.org/t/unifrac-output/432)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/unifrac-output/432 "2010-12-13T18:47:02Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/output-symetrical-distance-matrix/397/1 Granted!

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## [Consensus](https://forum.mothur.org/t/consensus/431)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/consensus/431 "2010-12-13T18:46:09Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/consensus/416/1 Granted!

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## [Remove.groups](https://forum.mothur.org/t/remove-groups/430)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/remove-groups/430 "2010-12-13T18:45:11Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/remove-groups/382/3 Granted!

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## [Sampling](https://forum.mothur.org/t/sampling/429)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/sampling/429 "2010-12-13T18:43:15Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/getting-random-seqs/371/1 Granted in version 1.15.0

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## [chops.seqs short](https://forum.mothur.org/t/chops-seqs-short/391)

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**Author:** [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/chops-seqs-short/391 "2010-10-26T16:50:43Z")

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http://mothur.ltcmp.net/t/trimming-sequence-portions/377/1 Granted! Look for the short parameter in chop.seqs version 1.14.0

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