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= Overview of the <code>convert</code> function of <code>bamUtil</code> =
= Overview of the <code>convert</code> function of <code>bamUtil</code> =
The executable converts the input file into the format of the output file. So if you want to convert a BAM file to a SAM file, just call:
The <code>convert</code> option on the [[BamUtil]] executable reads a SAM/BAM file and writes it as a SAM/BAM file.
= Parameters =
The executable converts the input file into the format of the output file.
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It has options to allow for the conversion of the sequence to/from '=' from/to the actual bases by using the reference sequence.
It also has an option to left shift indels in the CIGARs before writing the output file.
If you want to convert a BAM file to a SAM file, just call:
<pathToExe>/bam --in <bamFile>.bam --out <newSamFile>.sam
Don't forget to put in the paths to the executable and your test files.
= Usage =
./bam convert --in <inputFile> --out <outputFile.sam/bam/ubam (ubam is uncompressed bam)> [--refFile <reference filename>] [--useBases|--useEquals|--useOrigSeq] [--lshift] [--noeof] [--params]
= Parameters =
<pre> Required Parameters:
--in : the SAM/BAM file to be read
--out : the SAM/BAM file to be written
Optional Parameters:
--refFile : reference file name
--lshift : left shift indels when writing records
--noeof : do not expect an EOF block on a bam file
--params : print the parameter settings
--recover : attempt error recovery while reading a bam file
Optional Sequence Parameters (only specify one):
--useOrigSeq : Leave the sequence as is (default & used if reference is not specified)
--useBases : Convert any '=' in the sequence to the appropriate base using the reference (requires --refFile)
--useEquals : Convert any bases that match the reference to '=' (requires --refFile)
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== Required Parameters==
{{InBAMInputFile}}
{{OutBAMOutputFile}}
== Optional Parameters ==
{{refFile}}
=== Left Shift Indels in the CIGAR (<code>--lshift</code>) ===
Left shift indels as far as they can go in the read.
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=== Recover a corrupted BAM file (<code>--recover</code>) ===
See [[#BAM File Recovery |BAM File Recovery]].
== Sequence Representation Parameters (<code>--useOrigSeq</code>, <code>--useBases</code>, <code>--useEquals</code>, <code>--refFile</code>) ==
The sequence parameters options specify how to represent the sequence if the reference is specified (refFile option).
If the reference is not specified or useOrigSeq is specified, no modifications are made to the sequence.
If the reference and useBases is specified, any matches between the sequence and the reference are represented in the sequence as the appropriate base.
If the reference and useEquals is specified, any matches between the sequence and the reference are represented in the sequence as '='.
== Sequence Representation Parameters ==
=== Examples ===
ExtendedCigar: SSMMMDDMMMIMNNNMPMSSS
ExtendedCigar: SSMMMDDMMMIMNNNMPMSSS
Sequence: AATAA CTAGA T AGGG
Sequence: AATAA CTAGA T AGGG
Sequence with Equals: AA======G===GGG
Sequence with Equals: AA======G===GGG
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= Usage =
= BAM File Recovery =
A BAM file that has been corrupted or truncated due to a copy or disk problem can often be partially recovered.
Both the BGZF format and binary BAM format have enough information to scan forward and resynchronize the input data. While some data will be lost, substantial recovery can often be done.
= Example Output =
When a file has bad blocks in it, normal copy commands (cp) will truncate the file at the point of disk read failure. To recover the maximum amount of data possible, use the dd command with the conv=noerror option.
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Number of records read = 10
So a normal use case for recovery would look this this:
<pre># dd if=brokenbamfile.bam of=/tmp/brokenbamfile1.bam conv=noerror bs=4k
# bam convert --recover --in /tmp/brokenbamfile1.bam --out /tmp/brokenbamfilerecovered.bam
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Note, you will of course need to output the result file to a known good filesystem.
Currently, no statistics are printed as far as how many BAM records are recovered, but subsequent tests can readily be done on the resulting file to determine the quality of recovery.
In real cases, we have recovered better than 94% of reads from a set of severely damaged files (numerous 64K chunks of a RAID were lost), and better than 99.9% recovery from a moderately damaged file (3 disk pages were corrupt).
= Return Value =
Returns the SamStatus for the reads/writes (0 for success, non-0 for failure).
= Example Output =
<pre>Number of records read = 10
Number of records written = 10
Number of records written = 10
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[[Category:BamUtil|convert]] [[Category:BAM_Software]] [[Category:Software]]
