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# [SAMtools] Convert BAM to SAM

This is a simple wrapper for SAMtools view which converts the binary BAM format to the text-based SAM format by running the command

    samtools view -

The option to also print the SAM header (-h on the command-line interface) is enabled by default, as the information in those header lines is crucial for most of SamSifter’s filters.

See also

http://samtools.sourceforge.net/samtools.shtml

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