gffcompare input file

Question

[ziziqolo]

Hi, I'm trying to use gffcompare, but in the manual and usage of the software, they noted that:

-i  provide a text file with a list of (query) GTF files to process instead of expecting them as command-line arguments (useful when a large number of GTF files should be processed).

I searched a lot, but I don't know what should I do? How could I convert gtf to text? thanks for your reply...

[Fabio Marroni]

If I well understand the help line, you should provide a text file in which you write the names of the gtf files you want to compare. You don't need to convert the gtf files to text (BTW: gtf are indeed text files, that follow some format rules).