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VCF-MERGE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS

NAME

vcf-merge - merge the bgzipped and tabix indexed VCF files

SYNOPSIS

merge-vcf [ OPTIONS ] file1.vcf file2.vcf.gz ... > out.vcf

DESCRIPTION

About: Merge the bgzipped and tabix indexed VCF files. (E.g. bgzip file.vcf; tabix -p vcf file.vcf.gz)

OPTIONS

-c , --chromosomes <list|file>

Same as -r , left for backward compatibility. Please do not use as it will be dropped in the future.

-d , --remove-duplicates

If there should be two consecutive rows with the same chr:pos, print only the first one.

-H , --vcf-header <file>

Use the VCF header

-h , -?, --help

This help message.

-r , --regions <list|file>

Do only the given regions (comma-separated list or one region per line in a file).

-s , --silent

Try to be a bit more silent, no warnings about duplicate lines.