jvarkit

VCFComm

Equivalent of linux comm for VCF

Usage

Usage: vcfcomm [options] Files
  Options:
    -h, --help
      print help and exit
    --helpFormat
      What kind of help. One of [usage,markdown,xml].
    --maxRecordsInRam
      When writing  files that need to be sorted, this will specify the number 
      of records stored in RAM before spilling to disk. Increasing this number 
      reduces the number of file  handles needed to sort a file, and increases 
      the amount of RAM needed
      Default: 50000
    -norm, --normalize
      normalize chromosomes names (remove chr prefix, chrM -> MT)
      Default: false
    -o, --output
      Output file. Optional . Default: stdout
    --tmpDir
      tmp working directory. Default: java.io.tmpDir
      Default: []
    --version
      print version and exit
    -A
      only print variations present in ALL files
      Default: false
    -a
      ignore variations present in ALL files
      Default: false

Compilation

Requirements / Dependencies

• java compiler SDK 11. Please check that this java is in the ${PATH}. Setting JAVA_HOME is not enough : (e.g: https://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit/issues/23 )

Download and Compile

$ git clone "https://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit.git"
$ cd jvarkit
$ ./gradlew vcfcomm

The java jar file will be installed in the dist directory.

Source code

https://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit/tree/master/src/main/java/com/github/lindenb/jvarkit/tools/vcfcmp/VCFComm.java

Contribute

• Issue Tracker: http://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit/issues
• Source Code: http://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit

License

The project is licensed under the MIT license.

Citing

Should you cite vcfcomm ? https://github.com/mr-c/shouldacite/blob/master/should-I-cite-this-software.md

The current reference is:

http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1425030

Lindenbaum, Pierre (2015): JVarkit: java-based utilities for Bioinformatics. figshare. http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1425030

Example

```bash $ java -jar dist/vcfcomm.jar < in.vcf > out.vcf ``

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