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+<tool id="fileinfo" name="Retrieve File Information">
+  <description>for supported data formats.</description>
+  <version_command>mimodd version -q</version_command>
+  <command>
+    mimodd info "$ifile" -o "$outputfile" --verbose --oformat $oformat
+  </command>
+
+  <inputs>
+    <param name="ifile" type="data" format="bam,sam,vcf,bcf,fasta" label="input file" />
+    <param name="oformat" type="select" label="output format">
+        <option value="txt">text</option>
+        <option value="html">html</option>
+    </param>
+  </inputs>
+
+  <outputs>
+    <data name="outputfile" format="txt" label="Sample Info on ${on_string}">
+      <change_format>
+	    <when input="oformat" value="html" format="html"/>
+      </change_format>
+    </data>
+  </outputs>
+
+<help>
+.. class:: infomark
+
+   **What it does**
+
+The tool inspects the input file and generates a report summarizing its contents.
+
+It autodetects and works with most file formats produced by MiModD, i.e., **SAM / BAM, vcf / bcf and fasta**, and produces a standardized report for all of them.
+
+</help>
+</tool>