# get.seqs from list file **URL:** https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-seqs-from-list-file/147 **Category:** mothur bugs **Created:** [February 12, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-seqs-from-list-file/147 "2010-02-12T15:10:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![mbakker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@mbakker](https://forum.mothur.org/u/mbakker) #### Post date: [February 12, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-seqs-from-list-file/147/1 "2010-02-12T15:10:26Z")
get.seqs doesn’t seem to be working correctly with list files. For example: mothur \> list.seqs(group=AGSS.group) mothur \> get.seqs(accnos=AGSS.accnos, list=Ag\_Ss.list) mothur \> read.otu(list=Ag\_Ss.pick.list, label=0.01-0.03-0.05-0.10, group=AGSS.group) Your group file contains 194035 sequences and list file contains 194204 sequences. Please correct. For a list of names that are in your list file and not in your group file, please refer to Ag\_Ss.pick.missing.group. Ag\_Ss.pick.missing.group contains 169 blank lines (no text at all). ---
### 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: [February 23, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-seqs-from-list-file/147/2 "2010-02-23T10:16:01Z")
Do you have duplicate names in your groupfile? If you want me to take a look you could send your files to [mothur.bugs@gmail.com](mailto:mothur.bugs@gmail.com). ---
### Author: ![mbakker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@mbakker](https://forum.mothur.org/u/mbakker) #### Post date: [March 5, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-seqs-from-list-file/147/3 "2010-03-05T22:23:33Z")
This seems to be a problem with extra commas left behind/carried forward in the list file. It works fine after I do a replace all ,\t with \t in a text editor. This what the list file looks like with extra commas: … 0.03 1238 Ag283a08\_196\_1\_1, Lc064a32\_3… 0.04 925 Ss064a32\_575\_1\_1, Lp012a… … And after removing them: … 0.03 1238 Ag283a08\_196\_1\_1 Lc064a32\_3… 0.04 925 Ss064a32\_575\_1\_1 Lp012a… … ---
### 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: [March 10, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.mothur.org/t/get-seqs-from-list-file/147/4 "2010-03-10T11:38:04Z")
Thanks for helping us find this bug. It will be fixed in 1.9