Creates an index for a feature file, e.g. VCF or BED file.

Category Other

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Overview

This tool creates an index file for the various kinds of feature-containing files supported by GATK (such as VCF and BED files). An index allows querying features by a genomic interval.

Usage example

 gatk IndexFeatureFile \
     -F cohort.vcf.gz
 

This produces the corresponding index, cohort.vcf.gz.tbi.

IndexFeatureFile specific arguments

This table summarizes the command-line arguments that are specific to this tool. For more details on each argument, see the list further down below the table or click on an argument name to jump directly to that entry in the list.

Argument name(s)	Default value	Summary
Required Arguments
--feature-file  -F	null	Feature file (eg., VCF or BED file) to index. Must be in a tribble-supported format
Optional Tool Arguments
--arguments_file	[]	read one or more arguments files and add them to the command line
--gcs-max-retries  -gcs-retries	20	If the GCS bucket channel errors out, how many times it will attempt to re-initiate the connection
--help  -h	false	display the help message
--output  -O	null	The output index file. If missing, the tool will create an index file in the same directory as the input file.
--version	false	display the version number for this tool
Optional Common Arguments
--gatk-config-file	null	A configuration file to use with the GATK.
--QUIET	false	Whether to suppress job-summary info on System.err.
--TMP_DIR	[]	Undocumented option
--use-jdk-deflater  -jdk-deflater	false	Whether to use the JdkDeflater (as opposed to IntelDeflater)
--use-jdk-inflater  -jdk-inflater	false	Whether to use the JdkInflater (as opposed to IntelInflater)
--verbosity	INFO	Control verbosity of logging.
Advanced Arguments
--showHidden	false	display hidden arguments

Argument details

Arguments in this list are specific to this tool. Keep in mind that other arguments are available that are shared with other tools (e.g. command-line GATK arguments); see Inherited arguments above.

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--arguments_file / NA

read one or more arguments files and add them to the command line

List[File]  []

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--feature-file / -F

Feature file (eg., VCF or BED file) to index. Must be in a tribble-supported format

R File  null

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--gatk-config-file / NA

A configuration file to use with the GATK.

String  null

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--gcs-max-retries / -gcs-retries

If the GCS bucket channel errors out, how many times it will attempt to re-initiate the connection

int  20  [ [ -∞  ∞ ] ]

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--help / -h

display the help message

boolean  false

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--output / -O

The output index file. If missing, the tool will create an index file in the same directory as the input file.

File  null

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--QUIET / NA

Whether to suppress job-summary info on System.err.

Boolean  false

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--showHidden / -showHidden

display hidden arguments

boolean  false

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--TMP_DIR / NA

Undocumented option

List[File]  []

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--use-jdk-deflater / -jdk-deflater

Whether to use the JdkDeflater (as opposed to IntelDeflater)

boolean  false

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--use-jdk-inflater / -jdk-inflater

Whether to use the JdkInflater (as opposed to IntelInflater)

boolean  false

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--verbosity / -verbosity

Control verbosity of logging.

The --verbosity argument is an enumerated type (LogLevel), which can have one of the following values:

ERROR

WARNING

INFO

DEBUG

LogLevel  INFO

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--version / NA

display the version number for this tool

boolean  false

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