Template:OutBAMOutputFile
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)
Use --out
followed by your file name to specify the SAM/BAM output file.
The file extension is used to determine whether to write SAM/BAM/uncompressed BAM. A -
is used to indicate stdout and the extension for file type (no extension is SAM).
SAM to file | --out yourFileName.sam
|
BAM to file | --out yourFileName.bam
|
Uncompressed BAM to file | --out yourFileName.ubam
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SAM to stdout | --out -
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BAM to stdout | --out -.bam
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Uncompressed BAM to stdout | --out -.ubam
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Note: Uncompressed BAM is compressed using compression level-0 (so it is not an entirely uncompressed file). This matches the samtools
implementation so pipes between our tools and samtools
are supported.