Hi,

I am trying to use samtools split command to split my bam file into small bam 
files by read group. The input bam files are the CCLE RNASeq bams.
It worked when I did

samtools split -u G20486.Calu-1.2_noRG.bam -f "%*_%#.bam" -v G20486.Calu-1.2.bam
It generated bam files with suchs as G20486.Calu-1.2_0.bam, 
G20486.Calu-1.2_1.bam, ...
Then I tried to add RG id into resulting bam file names by
samtools split -u G20486.Calu-1.2_noRG.bam -f "%*_%!_%#.bam" -v 
G20486.Calu-1.2.bam
and I got the error message:
bash: !_%#.bam: event not found
It seems that samtools split has trouble identifying RG ID. I tried and could 
not find much info or documentation regarding samtools split except the 
samtools help split.
Here are the bam file itself:
samtools view G20486.Calu-1.2.bam | more
C0UNPACXX120727:2:1207:1813:5925        419     1       11615   1       101M    
=       11780   266     TAGGAATG
CCTGTTTCTCCACAAAGTGTTTACTTTTGGATTTTTGCCAGTCTAACAGGTGAAGCCCTGGAGATTCTTATTAGTGATTTGGGCTGGGGCCTG
   <@@DFFFDDDFHBHII
G4I@?FCEHHFFBGEEHI@HDGCD@GFFG@GEGGBHHIBFHDIICHHG>@GHIDD7=A)?EHHFF:@>CFCCCE6?ABD<=/;5?
   CC:Z:15 PG:Z:tophat.D   
RG:Z:C0UNP.2    NH:i:3  HI:i:0  NM:i:0  CP:i:102519455  MQ:i:1  UQ:i:0
C0UNPACXX120727:5:2214:18693:14398      163     1       11615   1       101M    
=       11780   266     TAGGAATG
CCTGTTTCTCAACAAAGTGTTTACTTTTGGATTTTTGCCAGTCTAACAGGTGAAGCCCTGGAGATTCTTATTAGTGATTTGGGCTGGGGCCTG
   ?@@DD>DAAF4AAEFH
EF,<<CF;FAFAC?HCC<CGHA*:CDH>DCHFHHEDBH?8DH8CFIJIIG;6;(@E>EFEE>=@BC;@>>A##############
   CC:Z:15 PG:Z:tophat.8   RG:Z:C0UNP.5    NH:i:3  HI:i:0  NM:i:1  
CP:i:102519455  MQ:i:1  UQ:i:11

Any help would be greatly appreciated!



Best regards,


Sean                                      
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