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Error "A USER ERROR has occurred: -12.5 is not a recognized option" at VariantFiltration step

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    SkyWarrior

    Hi CK

    From your commandline post nothing particularly hits the eye as an issue however looks like gatk script is unable to feed a proper commandline text to the main jar file. 

    Can you post a little more detail about the computing environment such as OS, Java and python versions available for use?

    As a walkaround is it possible for you to run this command using the docker version of gatk? 

    Regards. 

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    CK

    Hi SkyWarrior,

    Thank you for the quick reply.

    Please find the information attached with message.

    java -version
    openjdk version "1.8.0_262"
    OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_262-b10)
    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.262-b10, mixed mode)
    [cchaud3@smic106 04_gatk]$ python --version
    Python 3.10.13
    [cchaud3@smic106 04_gatk]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo)

    (hts_mamba) [cchaud3@smic106 04_gatk]$ lsb_release -a
    LSB Version:    :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch
    Distributor ID:    RedHatEnterpriseServer
    Description:    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo)
    Release:    7.9
    Codename:    Maipo

    and I will try running Docker.

     

    Thank you.

    Best regards,

    CK

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    SkyWarrior

    Hi CK

    GATK 4.4.0.0 and upwards require Java Runtime version 17. That is the only thing looked out of order from these environment variables. If you wish to stick with Java Runtime 1.8 you need to stay with GATK version 4.3.0.0 or alternatively you may try using docker version which already includes Java 17. 

    Regards. 

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    CK

    Hi SkyWarrior,

     

    Thank you for the quick response. I will try with Java Runtime version 17. Meanwhile, I was trying with previous version of GATK and it worked for me. Now, VariantFiltration command is running without any errors. Thank you pointing out the issue.

     

    Best regards,

    CK

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