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figuring out tabix version

Open prasundutta87 opened this issue 4 years ago • 4 comments

Hi,

Is there a way where I can figure out the version of tabix used for indexing a vcf.gz file?

Regards, Prasun

prasundutta87 avatar Aug 13 '20 12:08 prasundutta87

No, tabix doesn't burn its version into the output index. How would that information help you? Also, bear in mind that the latest released and maintained version of tabix is part of HTSlib.

valeriuo avatar Aug 13 '20 13:08 valeriuo

Thanks @valeriuo. I want to provide the version of tabix for a manuscript.

prasundutta87 avatar Aug 13 '20 13:08 prasundutta87

If you just want the version of tabix you are currently using, you can obtain that with the command: tabix --version

valeriuo avatar Aug 13 '20 13:08 valeriuo

Actually, an analysis was done approx 1.5 years ago and tabix was the only tool whose version was not recorded. Our cluster system has different versions of tabix (sole installations) and various versions of samtools and bcftools. Tabix was run after running a Picard tool and now it is not known if it was the sole installation one or a part of HTSlib (samtools/bcftools) and hence, this issue.

prasundutta87 avatar Aug 13 '20 13:08 prasundutta87