TY - JOUR AU - Seemann, Torsten PY - 2013 DA - 2013/11/13 TI - Ten recommendations for creating usable bioinformatics command line software JO - GigaScience SP - 15 VL - 2 IS - 1 AB - Bioinformatics software varies greatly in quality. In terms of usability, the command line interface is the first experience a user will have of a tool. Unfortunately, this is often also the last time a tool will be used. Here I present ten recommendations for command line software author’s tools to follow, which I believe would greatly improve the uptake and usability of their products, waste less user’s time, and improve the quality of scientific analyses. SN - 2047-217X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-217X-2-15 DO - 10.1186/2047-217X-2-15 ID - Seemann2013 ER -