Extract a list of specific read IDs from a bam file

Assume you have a list of specific reads you would like to extract from an alignment file. You have the ID of these reads in a file called IDs.txt . A fast way to this is to use the tool fgrep.

samtools view file.bam | fgrep -w -f IDs.txt


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Last updated on May 06, 2013