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bgzip

Format

cg bgzip ?options? file ...

Summary

Compresses files using bgzip

Description

The given files are compressed using bgzip, and the original uncompressed files are removed (by default). Files already compressed using another method, are recompressed using bgzip.

Options

supports options:

-k 0/1 (--keep)
keep the original uncompressed file if 1 (default 0)
-t number (-threads)
Use number of threads to do the compression
-c number (--compressionlevel)
number indicating compression level, where smaller numbers indicates faster compression (default and meaningfull values depends on method)
-b number (--blocksize)
number indicating the blocksize in Kb (default depends on the method)
-i 0/1 (--index)
also create an index file (if applicable)
-t number (--threads)
use number of threads for compression (if supported by the method)
-o filename (--outputfile)
The compressed file will be written to filename. If the --keep option is not explicitely given, using -o will change the "default" for -k to 1.

supports job options:

-d x
distribute subjobs of command over x processes
-d sge
use grid engine to distribute subjobs
-d slurm
use slurm to distribute subjobs

Category

Compression