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Convert Affymetrix CEL to sav

  1. Download and install the latest version of Filestar.

  2. Right click on one or more Cel file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.

  3. Type convert to sav in the search box.

  4. Press Convert.

  5. Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.cel -c "convert to sav" (how).

Let your AI agent convert Affymetrix CEL to SAV

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.

Install Filestar and add it to your agents:

npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install

Or add it in one click:

Claude Code:

claude mcp add filestar -- npx -y [email protected] mcp

Then ask your agent:

“Convert the Affymetrix CEL files in my Downloads folder to SAV”

Or run it yourself:

filestarcli -i file.cel -c "convert to sav"

Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.

Can my AI agent convert Affymetrix CEL to SAV?

Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.cel -c "convert to sav" on your computer, so your files stay on it.

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What is the difference between Affymetrix CEL and .sav?

Name
Affymetrix CEL
SPSS Statistics Data File
Extension
.cel
.sav
Format
Binary
Binary
Category
Data
Data
Developer
Affymetrix
IBM
Description
An Affymetrix CEL file holds the probe intensities of one GeneChip microarray scan: for every probe cell its x and y position, intensity, standard deviation and pixel count, as the v4 binary GCOS format or the older v3 text format. The data behind gene-expression analyses; GEO distributes these files, usually gzipped.
A SAV file is an IBM SPSS Statistics dataset: the data table together with variable labels, value labels, missing value codes and display formats.
MIME Type
application/octet-stream
application/x-spss-sav
Sample
sample.sav
Wikipedia
.cel on Wikipedia
.sav on Wikipedia

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