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# [SAMtools] Convert SAM to BAM

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

    samtools view -S -b -

The output is compressed by default but compression can be disabled to speed up the following steps. This is only recommended when all following steps are part of the SAMtools suite as well.

See also

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

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