/***************************************************************************** mergeMain.cpp (c) 2009 - Aaron Quinlan Hall Laboratory Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Virginia aaronquinlan@gmail.com Licenced under the GNU General Public License 2.0 license. ******************************************************************************/ #include "CommonHelp.h" #include "KeyListOps.h" void merge_help(void) { cerr << "\nTool: bedtools merge (aka mergeBed)" << endl; cerr << "Version: " << VERSION << "\n"; cerr << "Summary: Merges overlapping BED/GFF/VCF entries into a single interval." << endl << endl; cerr << "Usage: " << "bedtools merge" << " [OPTIONS] -i " << endl << endl; cerr << "Options: " << endl; cerr << "\t-s\t" << "Force strandedness. That is, only merge features" << endl; cerr << "\t\tthat are on the same strand." << endl; cerr << "\t\t- By default, merging is done without respect to strand." << endl << endl; cerr << "\t-S\t" << "Force merge for one specific strand only." << endl; cerr << "\t\t" << "Follow with + or - to force merge from only" << endl; cerr << "\t\t" << "the forward or reverse strand, respectively." << endl; cerr << "\t\t" << "- By default, merging is done without respect to strand." << endl << endl; cerr << "\t-d\t" << "Maximum distance between features allowed for features" << endl; cerr << "\t\tto be merged." << endl; cerr << "\t\t- Def. 0. That is, overlapping & book-ended features are merged." << endl; cerr << "\t\t- (INTEGER)" << endl; cerr << "\t\t- Note: negative values enforce the number of b.p. required for overlap." << endl << endl; KeyListOpsHelp(); allToolsCommonHelp(); cerr << "Notes: " << endl; cerr << "\t(1) The input file (-i) file must be sorted by chrom, then start." << endl << endl; }