bedSort

Reference Code backup Executable files

Sort a bed file by chromosome name and start position

Category

Genomic Interval Manipulation

Usage

bedSort in.bed out.bed

Manual

This tool is part of UCSC Genome Browser's utilities.

Required arguments

  • in.bed: Input bed file
  • out.bed: Output bed file (sorted)

Note: in.bed and out.bed may be the same. If you use the sort command to sort a bed file (like sort -k1,1 -k2,2n inp.bed > out.bed), the in and out cannot be the same.

Protocols using this tool

ENCODE RNA-seq (paired-end)
File formats this tool works with
BED

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