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Split bam file by tag

Buys de Barbanson edited this page Mar 13, 2020 · 2 revisions

To split a bam file by a tag, use the bamSplitByTag.py [bamfile input] [tag to split on] -o [output prefix] script.

Examples

To generate a BAM file for every barcode index (bi):

bamSplitByTag.py ./original_bam bi -o PER_INDEX

To generate a BAM file for every sample/cell (SM):

bamSplitByTag.py ./original_bam SM -o PER_CELL

To generate a BAM file for every datatype (dt):

bamSplitByTag.py ./original_bam dt -o BY_DT