# Can I input this file type:

**URL:** <https://forum.mothur.org/t/can-i-input-this-file-type/20976>\
**Category:** Theory behind mothur\
**Created:** [May 6, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/can-i-input-this-file-type/20976 "2021-05-06T15:03:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![natalie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@natalie](https://forum.mothur.org/u/natalie)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/can-i-input-this-file-type/20976/1 "2021-05-06T15:03:01Z")

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Hello,  
Is it possible to use a cons.taxonomy file and a file that lists the OTU names and their frequencies for each sample to make a tax.summary file (a short example below)?

“”,“sample1”,“sample2”,“sample3”  
“Otu00001”, 1,2,3  
“Otu00002”, 4,0,6  
“Otu00003”, 5,3,4

Best wishes Natalie

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**Author:** ![westcott](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/westcott/32/18_2.png) [@westcott](https://forum.mothur.org/u/westcott)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/can-i-input-this-file-type/20976/2 "2021-05-11T18:17:33Z")

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This looks very similar to our shared file format, [shared file](https://mothur.org/wiki/shared_file/). Are you looking to create a shared file with your data? If so, you can use the [make.shared](https://mothur.org/wiki/make.shared/) command in mothur.

mothur \> make.shared(list=yourListFile, count=yourCountTable)

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.mothur.org/system/32/2_2.png) [@system](https://forum.mothur.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/can-i-input-this-file-type/20976/3 "2021-05-21T18:17:42Z")

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