Answers.Body: <p>You should provide more context, otherwise one can only guess what is it you are looking for! In case you are asking about <code>Salmon</code>'s output, below is from their <a href="https://salmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/file_formats.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">documentation</a>:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Salmon’s main output is its quantification file. This file is a
    plain-text, tab-separated file with a single header line (which names
    all of the columns). This file is named quant.sf and appears at the
    top-level of Salmon’s output directory. The columns appear in the
    following order:</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>Name   Length   EffectiveLength   TPM   NumReads
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks.  This definition helps.  The file contains genomic sequence information, but I've never come across this type of file until now, and I'm not sure what tools can interpret and manipulate this type of file.
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Answers.Text: Please edit your question and add your specific aims/questions. There are a lot of experts here that can suggest tools/workflows for your specific needs.
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Answers.Text: Thanks. This is helpful.  I've never seen this extension before.  What is Salmon generally usually used for in genomics?
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Body: <p>What is an .sf file.  What information does it contain?</p>
  
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Title: What type of information does an .sf file contain?
ThreadText: # What type of information does an .sf file contain?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-29)
  
  What is an .sf file. What information does it contain?
  
  **Tags:** file-formats
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Can you provide a little more context as to where you have seen this file and what part of bioinformatics you are working in.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-10-29. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  You should provide more context, otherwise one can only guess what is it you are looking for! In case you are asking about `Salmon`'s output, below is from their [documentation](https://salmon.readthedocs.io/en/latest/file_formats.html):
  
  > Salmon’s main output is its quantification file. This file is a
  > plain-text, tab-separated file with a single header line (which names
  > all of the columns). This file is named quant.sf and appears at the
  > top-level of Salmon’s output directory. The columns appear in the
  > following order:
  
  ```
  Name   Length   EffectiveLength   TPM   NumReads
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks.  This definition helps.  The file contains genomic sequence information, but I've never come across this type of file until now, and I'm not sure what tools can interpret and manipulate this type of file.  
  > **username_2**: Please edit your question and add your specific aims/questions. There are a lot of experts here that can suggest tools/workflows for your specific needs.  
  > **username_0**: Thanks. This is helpful.  I've never seen this extension before.  What is Salmon generally usually used for in genomics?  
  
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