This was the use case I envisioned on reading the original request. To me this seems like a sensible thing to add to samtools cat :)
Peter On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Dario Beraldi <dario.bera...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Devon, Sure, I see your point. However, I have a simple script that takes > batches of bam files, concatenate them and do something else. One of the > batches is actually a single file so samtools cat fails. The work around is > easy enough, of course, but even easier would have been to have cat spit out > the single file as it is. > > Dario ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Samtools-help mailing list Samtools-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/samtools-help