Filters

Here is the list of filters available to limit the variants, genotypes or samples taken into account.

Position Filters

keep-pos

Keep Variants starting on a comma-separated list of positions.

Syntax :

--keep-pos chr[:start[-end]],...

Examples

--keep-pos 14 : All variants from chromosome 14

--keep-pos chr12 : All variants from chromosome 12

--keep-pos 10:145678 : All variants at position 10:145678

--keep-pos chr3:10000-20000 : All variants in region 10000-20000 on chromosome 3

--keep-pos chr3:10000-20000,chr3:30000-40000,chr3:50000-60000 : All variants in regions 10000-20000, 30000-40000 or 50000-60000 on chromosome 3

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keep-positions

Keep Variants starting on positions listed in a file. Lines in the position file can have the following format

• chr #comment

• chr:pos #comment

• chr:start-end #comment

• chr[tab]pos #comment

• chr[tab]start[tab]end #comment

Syntax :

--keep-positions filename.txt

Example

--keep-positions my_positions.txt : All positions listed in my_positions.txt

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keep-bed

Keep Variants starting on regions defined by a bed file. See FileFormats

Syntax :

--keep-bed filename.bed

Example

--keep-bed my_regions.bed : All regions defined in the bed file my_regions.bed

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keep-pos-overlap

Keep Variants overlapping on a comma-separated list of positions.

Syntax :

--keep-pos-overlap chr[:start[-end]],...

Examples

--keep-pos-overlap 14 : All variants from chromosome 14

--keep-pos-overlap chr12 : All variants from chromosome 12

--keep-pos-overlap 10:145678 : All variants at position 10:145678

--keep-pos-overlap chr3:10000-20000 : All variants in region 10000-20000 on chromosome 3

--keep-pos-overlap chr3:10000-20000,chr3:30000-40000,chr3:50000-60000 : All variants in regions 10000-20000, 30000-40000 or 50000-60000 on chromosome 3

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keep-positions-overlap

Keep Variants overlapping positions listed in a file. Lines in the position file can have the following format

• chr #comment

• chr:pos #comment

• chr:start-end #comment

• chr[tab]pos #comment

• chr[tab]start[tab]end #comment

Syntax :

--keep-positions-overlap filename.txt

Example

--keep-positions-overlap my_positions.txt : All positions listed in my_positions.txt

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remove-pos

Remove Variants starting on a comma-separated list of positions.

Syntax :

--remove-pos chr[:start[-end]],...

Examples

--remove-pos 14 : All variants from chromosome 14

--remove-pos chr12 : All variants from chromosome 12

--remove-pos 10:145678 : All variants at position 10:145678

--remove-pos chr3:10000-20000 : All variants in region 10000-20000 on chromosome 3

--remove-pos chr3:10000-20000,chr3:30000-40000,chr3:50000-60000 : All variants in regions 10000-20000, 30000-40000 or 50000-60000 on chromosome 3

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remove-positions

Remove Variants starting on positions listed in a file. Lines in the position file can have the following format

• chr #comment

• chr:pos #comment

• chr:start-end #comment

• chr[tab]pos #comment

• chr[tab]start[tab]end #comment

Syntax :

--remove-positions filename.txt

Example

--remove-positions my_positions.txt : All positions listed in my_positions.txt

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remove-bed

Keep Variants starting on regions defined by a bed file. See FileFormats

Syntax :

--remove-bed filename.bed

Example

--remove-bed my_regions.bed : All regions defined in the bed file my_regions.bed

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remove-pos-overlap

Remove Variants overlapping a comma-separated list of positions.

Syntax :

--remove-pos-overlap chr[:start[-end]],...

Examples

--remove-pos-overlap 14 : All variants from chromosome 14

--remove-pos-overlap chr12 : All variants from chromosome 12

--remove-pos-overlap 10:145678 : All variants at position 10:145678

--remove-pos-overlap chr3:10000-20000 : All variants in region 10000-20000 on chromosome 3

--remove-pos-overlap chr3:10000-20000,chr3:30000-40000,chr3:50000-60000 : All variants in regions 10000-20000, 30000-40000 or 50000-60000 on chromosome 3

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remove-positions-overlap

Remove Variants overlapping positions listed in a file. Lines in the position file can have the following format

• chr #comment

• chr:pos #comment

• chr:start-end #comment

• chr[tab]pos #comment

• chr[tab]start[tab]end #comment

Syntax :

--remove-positions-overlap filename.txt

Example

--remove-positions-overlap my_positions.txt : All positions listed in my_positions.txt

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thin

Thin sites so that no two sites are within the specified distance from one another.

Syntax :

--thin distance (integer no_units, kb or mb)

Examples

--thin 1000 : avoids having sites closer than 1kb from each other

--thin 1kb : avoids having sites closer than 1kb from each other

--thin 5000000 : avoids having sites closer than 5mb from each other

--thin 5mb : avoids having sites closer than 5mb from each other

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Sample Filters

keep-sample

Keep only the samples given in a comma-separated list

Syntax :

--keep-sample Sample1,Sample2,...

Example

--keep-sample Charlie,Juliett,Mike,Romeo,Victor : Only the samples Charlie, Juliett, Mike, Romeo and Victor are kept

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remove-sample

Remove the samples given in a comma-separated list

Syntax :

--remove-sample Sample1,Sample2,...

Example

--remove-sample Charlie,Juliett,Mike,Romeo,Victor : The samples Charlie, Juliett, Mike, Romeo and Victor are removed

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keep-samples

Keep only the sample listed in the given file (one per line)

Syntax :

--keep-samples filename.txt

Example

--keep-samples samples.list.txt : Keep only the sample listed in samples.list.txt (one per line)

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remove-samples

Remove the sample listed in the given file (one per line)

Syntax :

--remove-samples filename.txt

Example

--remove-samples samples.list.txt : Remove the sample listed in samples.list.txt (one per line)

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max-sample

Remove random samples to keep only the provided number of samples

Syntax :

--max-sample number-of-samples (integer)

Example

--max-sample 5 : Keep only 5 samples at random

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ped

Keep only the samples described in the given PED file (see file formats)

Syntax :

--ped filename.ped

Example

--ped cohort.ped : Keep only the samples described in cohort.ped

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keep-family

Keep only the sample with given FamilyID

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--keep-family Fam1,Fam2,...

Example

--keep-family Fam1,Fam2 : Keep only the samples whose FamilyID are Fam1 or Fam2

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remove-family

Remove the sample with given FamilyID

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--remove-family Fam1,Fam2,...

Example

--remove-family Fam1,Fam2 : Remove the samples whose FamilyID are Fam1 or Fam2

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keep-sex

Keep only the sample with given sex

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--keep-sex sex (integer)

Example

--keep-sex 1 : Keep only the samples whose sex are 1

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remove-sex

Remove the sample with given sex

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--remove-sex sex (integer)

Example

--remove-sex 1 : Remove the samples whose sex are 1

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keep-phenotype

Keep only the sample with given phenotype

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--keep-phenotype phenotype (integer)

Example

--keep-phenotype 1 : Keep only the samples whose phenotype are 1

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remove-phenotype

Remove the sample with given phenotype

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--remove-phenotype phenotype (integer)

Example

--remove-phenotype 1 : Remove the samples whose phenotype are 1

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keep-group

Keep only the sample belonging to given phenotype

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--keep-group Group1,Group2,...

Example

--keep-group CohortA,CohortB : Keep only the samples belonging to CohortA or CohortB

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remove-group

Remove the sample belonging to given phenotype

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--remove-group Group1,Group2,...

Example

--remove-group CohortA,CohortB : Remove the samples belonging to CohortA or CohortB

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Genotype Filters

remove-filtered-geno-all

Sets genotypes to missing when the FT field has any value besides “.” or “PASS”

Syntax :

--remove-filtered-geno-all

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keep-filtered-geno

Sets genotypes to missing when the FT field doesn’t have at least one of the given value

Syntax :

--keep-filtered-geno Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--keep-filtered-geno Tag1,Tag2 : Sets genotypes to missing when the FT field doesn’t have the value Tag1 and/or Tag2

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remove-filtered-geno

Sets genotypes to missing when the FT field has at least one of the given value

Syntax :

--remove-filtered-geno Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--remove-filtered-geno Tag1,Tag2 : Sets genotypes to missing when the FT field has the value Tag1 and/or Tag2

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minDP

Sets genotypes to missing if DP is below the given value (or SUM(AD) if DP is missing)

Syntax :

--minDP depth-of-coverage (integer)

Example

--minDP 10 : Sets genotypes to missing if DP <10 (or SUM(AD) if DP is missing)

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maxDP

Sets genotypes to missing if DP is above the given value (or SUM(AD) if DP is missing)

Syntax :

--maxDP depth-of-coverage (integer)

Example

--maxDP 10 : Sets genotypes to missing if DP >10 (or SUM(AD) if DP is missing)

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minGQ

Sets genotypes to missing if GQ is below the given value

Syntax :

--minGQ Genotype Quality (integer)

Example

--minGQ 30 : Sets genotypes to missing if GQ <30

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maxGQ

Sets genotypes to missing if GQ is above the given value

Syntax :

--maxGQ Genotype Quality (integer)

Example

--maxGQ 30 : Sets genotypes to missing if GQ >30

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minVAF

Sets genotypes to missing if VAF is below the given value

Syntax :

--minVAF VAF = AD(variant)/DP

Example

--minVAF .35 : Sets genotypes to missing if VAR <.35

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maxVAF

Sets genotypes to missing if VAF is above the given value

Syntax :

--maxVAF VAF = AD(variant)/DP

Example

--maxVAF .7 : Sets genotypes to missing if VAR > .7

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abhetdev

Sets genotypes to missing if AB < 0.5-deviation or AB > 0.5+deviation

Syntax :

--abhetdev AB = AD1 / (AD1+AD2)

Example

--abhetdev 0.25 : Sets genotypes to missing if AB < 0.25-deviation or AB > 0.75

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Variant Frequency Filters

min-maf

Keep only variants with AF of the rarest reference/alternate allele above the threshold

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--min-maf frequency (double)

Example

--min-maf 0.05 : Keep only variants with AF of the rarest reference/alternate allele above 5%

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max-maf

Keep only variants with AF of the rarest reference/alternate allele below the threshold

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--max-maf frequency (double)

Example

--max-maf 0.05 : Keep only variants with AF of the rarest reference/alternate allele below 5%

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min-group-maf

Keep only variants with AF of the rarest reference/alternate allele above the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--min-group-maf frequency (group1:af1,group2:af2,...,groupN:afN)

Example

--min-group-maf GRP1:0.05,GRP2:0.07 : Keep only variants with AF of the rarest reference/alternate allele above 5% in GRP1 and 7% in GRP2

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max-group-maf

Keep only variants with AF of the rarest reference/alternate allele below the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--max-group-maf frequency (group1:af1,group2:af2,...,groupN:afN)

Example

--max-group-maf GRP1:0.05,GRP2:0.07 : Keep only variants with AF of the rarest reference/alternate allele below 5% in GRP1 and 7% in GRP2

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min-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of the reference allele above the threshold

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--min-ref-af frequency (double)

Example

--min-ref-af 0.05 : Keep only variants with AF of the reference allele above 5%

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max-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of the reference allele below the threshold

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--max-ref-af frequency (double)

Example

--max-ref-af 0.05 : Keep only variants with AF of the reference allele below 5%

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min-group-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of the reference allele above the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--min-group-ref-af frequency (group1:af1,group2:af2,...,groupN:afN)

Example

--min-group-ref-af GRP1:0.05,GRP2:0.07 : Keep only variants with AF of the reference allele above 5% in GRP1 and 7% in GRP2

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max-group-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of the reference allele below the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--max-group-ref-af frequency (group1:af1,group2:af2,...,groupN:afN)

Example

--max-group-ref-af GRP1:0.05,GRP2:0.07 : Keep only variants with AF of the reference allele below 5% in GRP1 and 7% in GRP2

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min-all-non-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of all the alternate allele above the threshold

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--min-all-non-ref-af frequency (double)

Example

--min-all-non-ref-af 0.05 : Keep only variants with AF of all the alternate allele above 5%

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max-all-non-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of all the alternate allele below the threshold

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--max-all-non-ref-af frequency (double)

Example

--max-all-non-ref-af 0.05 : Keep only variants with AF of all the alternate allele below 5%

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min-group-all-non-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of all the alternate allele above the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--min-group-all-non-ref-af frequency (group1:af1,group2:af2,...,groupN:afN)

Example

--min-group-all-non-ref-af GRP1:0.05,GRP2:0.07 : Keep only variants with AF of all the alternate allele above 5% in GRP1 and 7% in GRP2

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max-group-all-non-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of all the alternate allele below the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Warning

Diploid variants expected

Syntax :

--max-group-all-non-ref-af frequency (group1:af1,group2:af2,...,groupN:afN)

Example

--max-group-all-non-ref-af GRP1:0.05,GRP2:0.07 : Keep only variants with AF of all the alternate allele below 5% in GRP1 and 7% in GRP2

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min-any-non-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of any alternate allele above the threshold

Syntax :

--min-any-non-ref-af frequency (double)

Example

--min-any-non-ref-af 0.05 : Keep only variants with AF of any alternate allele above 5%

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max-any-non-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of any alternate allele below the threshold

Syntax :

--max-any-non-ref-af frequency (double)

Example

--max-any-non-ref-af 0.05 : Keep only variants with AF of any alternate allele below 5%

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min-group-any-non-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of any alternate allele above the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--min-group-any-non-ref-af frequency (group1:af1,group2:af2,...,groupN:afN)

Example

--min-group-any-non-ref-af GRP1:0.05,GRP2:0.07 : Keep only variants with AF of any alternate allele above 5% in GRP1 and 7% in GRP2

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max-group-any-non-ref-af

Keep only variants with AF of any alternate allele below the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--max-group-any-non-ref-af frequency (group1:af1,group2:af2,...,groupN:afN)

Example

--max-group-any-non-ref-af GRP1:0.05,GRP2:0.07 : Keep only variants with AF of any alternate allele below 5% in GRP1 and 7% in GRP2

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min-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of the reference allele above the threshold

Syntax :

--min-ref-ac allele-count (integer)

Example

--min-ref-ac 12 : Keep only variants with AC of the reference allele above 12

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max-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of the reference allele below the threshold

Syntax :

--max-ref-ac allele-count (integer)

Example

--max-ref-ac 12 : Keep only variants with AC of the reference allele below 12

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min-group-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of the reference allele above the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--min-group-ref-ac allele-count (group1:ac1,group2:ac2,...,groupN:acN)

Example

--min-group-ref-ac GRP1:8,GRP2:6 : Keep only variants with AC of the reference allele above 8 in GRP1 and 6 in GRP2

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max-group-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of the reference allele below the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--max-group-ref-ac allele-count (group1:ac1,group2:ac2,...,groupN:acN)

Example

--max-group-ref-ac GRP1:8,GRP2:6 : Keep only variants with AC of the reference allele below 8 in GRP1 and 6 in GRP2

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min-all-non-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of all the alternate allele above the threshold

Syntax :

--min-all-non-ref-ac allele-count (integer)

Example

--min-all-non-ref-ac 12 : Keep only variants with AC of all the alternate allele above 12

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max-all-non-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of all the alternate allele below the threshold

Syntax :

--max-all-non-ref-ac allele-count (integer)

Example

--max-all-non-ref-ac 12 : Keep only variants with AC of all the alternate allele below 12

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min-group-all-non-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of all the alternate allele above the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--min-group-all-non-ref-ac allele-count (group1:ac1,group2:ac2,...,groupN:acN)

Example

--min-group-all-non-ref-ac GRP1:8,GRP2:6 : Keep only variants with AC of all the alternate allele above 8 in GRP1 and 6 in GRP2

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max-group-all-non-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of all the alternate allele below the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--max-group-all-non-ref-ac allele-count (group1:ac1,group2:ac2,...,groupN:acN)

Example

--max-group-all-non-ref-ac GRP1:8,GRP2:6 : Keep only variants with AC of all the alternate allele below 8 in GRP1 and 6 in GRP2

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min-mac

Keep only variants with AC of the rarest alternate reference/allele above the threshold

Syntax :

--min-mac allele-count (integer)

Example

--min-mac 12 : Keep only variants with AC of the rarest reference/alternate allele above 12

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max-mac

Keep only variants with AC of the rarest reference/alternate allele below the threshold

Syntax :

--max-mac allele-count (integer)

Example

--max-mac 12 : Keep only variants with AC of the rarest reference/alternate allele below 12

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min-group-mac

Keep only variants with AC of the rarest reference/alternate allele above the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--min-group-mac allele-count (group1:ac1,group2:ac2,...,groupN:acN)

Example

--min-group-mac GRP1:8,GRP2:6 : Keep only variants with AC of the rarest reference/alternate allele above 8 in GRP1 and 6 in GRP2

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max-group-mac

Keep only variants with AC of the rarest reference/alternate allele below the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--max-group-mac allele-count (group1:ac1,group2:ac2,...,groupN:acN)

Example

--max-group-mac GRP1:8,GRP2:6 : Keep only variants with AC of the rarest reference/alternate allele below 8 in GRP1 and 6 in GRP2

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min-any-non-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of any alternate allele above the threshold

Syntax :

--min-any-non-ref-ac allele-count (integer)

Example

--min-any-non-ref-ac 12 : Keep only variants with AC of any alternate allele above 12

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max-any-non-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of any alternate allele below the threshold

Syntax :

--max-any-non-ref-ac allele-count (integer)

Example

--max-any-non-ref-ac 12 : Keep only variants with AC of any alternate allele below 12

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min-group-any-non-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of any alternate allele above the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--min-group-any-non-ref-ac allele-count (group1:ac1,group2:ac2,...,groupN:acN)

Example

--min-group-any-non-ref-ac GRP1:8,GRP2:6 : Keep only variants with AC of any alternate allele above 8 in GRP1 and 6 in GRP2

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max-group-any-non-ref-ac

Keep only variants with AC of any alternate allele below the threshold in every group

Warning

has to be combined to --ped

Syntax :

--max-group-any-non-ref-ac allele-count (group1:ac1,group2:ac2,...,groupN:acN)

Example

--max-group-any-non-ref-ac GRP1:8,GRP2:6 : Keep only variants with AC of any alternate allele below 8 in GRP1 and 6 in GRP2

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Variant Property Filters

keep-id

Keep Variants with ID field matching a comma-separated list of ID (e.g. a dbSNP rsID).

Syntax :

--keep-id id1,id2,....

Examples

--keep-id rs123456 : variants with ID matching rs123456

--keep-id rs123456,COSM654321 : variants with ID matching rs123456 or COSM654321

remove-id

Remove Variants with ID field matching a comma-separated list of ID (e.g. a dbSNP rsID).

Syntax :

--remove-id id1,id2,....

Examples

--remove-id rs123456 : variants with ID matching rs123456

--remove-id rs123456,COSM654321 : variants with ID matching rs123456 or COSM654321

keep-ids

Keep Variants with ID matching the ones listed in the file (one per line).

Syntax :

--keep-ids filename.txt

Example

--keep-ids selected.id.txt : variants with ID list in the file selected.id.txt

remove-ids

Remove Variants with ID matching the ones listed in the file (one per line).

Syntax :

--remove-ids filename.txt

Example

--remove-ids selected.id.txt : variants with ID list in the file selected.id.txt

keep-indels

Keep variant sites where at least one alternate allele is an indel (AC->GT is considered as an SNV not an INDEL).

Syntax :

--keep-indels

remove-indels

Remove variant sites where at least one alternate allele is an indel (AC->GT is considered as an SNV not an INDEL).

Syntax :

--remove-indels

keep-snvs

Keep variant sites where at least one alternate allele is an SNV (AC->GT is considered as an SNV not an INDEL).

Syntax :

--keep-snvs

remove-snvs

Remove variant sites where at least one alternate allele is an SNV (AC->GT is considered as an SNV not an INDEL).

Syntax :

--remove-snvs

keep-filtered-all

to pass, all variant’s Tags must be listed sites removed by --remove-filtered-all are kept

A,B	keepall	keepany	removeall	removeany	keepstrictall	keepstrictany	removestrictall	removestrictany
A	pass	pass	filtered	filtered	filtered	filtered	pass	pass
B	pass	pass	filtered	filtered	filtered	filtered	pass	pass
C	filtered	filtered	pass	pass	filtered	filtered	pass	pass
A;B	pass	pass	filtered	filtered	pass	pass	filtered	filtered
A;C	filtered	pass	pass	filtered	filtered	filtered	pass	pass
B;C	filtered	pass	pass	filtered	filtered	filtered	pass	pass
A;B;C	filtered	pass	pass	filtered	filtered	pass	pass	filtered

Syntax :

--keep-filtered-all Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--keep-filtered-all Tag1,Tag2 : Variants with Tag1 and/or Tag2 and no other will be kept

keep-filtered-any

to pass, any variant’s Tag must be listed (plus any other) sites removed by --remove-filtered-any are kept

Syntax :

--keep-filtered-any Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--keep-filtered-any Tag1,Tag2 : Variants with Tag1 and/or Tag2 (plus any other) will be kept

remove-filtered-all

to pass, any of the variant’s Tags must not be listed sites kept by --keep-filtered-all are removed

Syntax :

--remove-filtered-all Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--remove-filtered-all Tag1,Tag2 : Variants with Tag1 and/or Tag2 and no other will be removed

remove-filtered-any

to pass, none of the variant’s Tags must be listed sites kept by --keep-filtered-any are removed

Syntax :

--remove-filtered-any Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--remove-filtered-any Tag1,Tag2 : Variants with Tag1 and/or Tag2 (and any other) will be removed

strict-keep-filtered-all

to pass, the variant must have all listed Tags, and no other sites removed by --strict-remove-filtered-all are kept

Syntax :

--strict-keep-filtered-all Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--strict-keep-filtered-all Tag1,Tag2 : Variants with Tag1 and/or Tag2 and no other will be kept

strict-keep-filtered-any

to pass, the variant must have all listed Tags (plus any other) sites removed by --strict-remove-filtered-any are kept

Syntax :

--strict-keep-filtered-any Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--strict-keep-filtered-any Tag1,Tag2 : Variants with Tag1 and Tag2 (plus any other) will be kept

strict-remove-filtered-all

to pass, the variant must not have all the listed Tags, and no other sites kept by --strict-keep-filtered-all are removed

Syntax :

--strict-remove-filtered-all Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--strict-remove-filtered-all Tag1,Tag2 : Variants with Tag1 and Tag2, and not other will be removed

strict-remove-filtered-any

to pass, the variant must not have all the listed Tags (plus any other) sites kept by --strict-keep-filtered-all are removed

Syntax :

--strict-remove-filtered-any Tag1,Tag2,...

Example

--strict-remove-filtered-any Tag1,Tag2 : Variants with Tag1 and Tag2 (plus any other tag) will be removed

keep-any-info

Variant with any of the listed Info Fields are kept

Syntax :

--keep-any-info Info1,Info2,...

Example

--keep-any-info Info1,Info2 : Variant with Info1 and/or Info2 field in the INFO column are kept

keep-all-info

Variant with all the listed Info Fields are kept

Syntax :

--keep-all-info Info1,Info2,...

Example

--keep-all-info Info1,Info2 : Variant with Info1 and Info2 field in the INFO column are kept

remove-any-info

Variant with any of the listed Info Fields are removed

Syntax :

--remove-any-info Info1,Info2,...

Example

--remove-any-info Info1,Info2 : Variant with Info1 and/or Info2 field in the INFO column are removed

remove-all-info

Variant with all the listed Info Fields are removed

Syntax :

--remove-all-info Info1,Info2,...

Example

--remove-all-info Info1,Info2 : Variant with Info1 and Info2 field in the INFO column are removed

min-alleles

Keep variants with at least the number of specified alleles (reference plus alternates

Syntax :

--min-alleles number of alleles

Example

--min-alleles 3 : Keep variants with at least 3 alleles (1 reference and 2 alternates)

max-alleles

Keep variants with at most the number of specified alleles (reference plus alternates

Syntax :

--max-alleles number of alleles

Example

--max-alleles 3 : Keep variants with at most 3 alleles (1 reference and 2 alternates)

min-meanDP

Keep variants with a mean Depth of coverage across samples at least equal to the given value

Syntax :

--min-meanDP depth-of-coverage (integer)

Example

--min-meanDP 10 : Keep variants with a mean DP across samples at least equal to 10

min-medianDP

Keep variants with a median Depth of coverage across samples at least equal to the given value

Syntax :

--min-medianDP depth-of-coverage (integer)

Example

--min-medianDP 10 : Keep variants with a median DP across samples at least equal to 10

max-meanDP

Keep variants with a mean Depth of coverage across samples at most equal to the given value

Syntax :

--max-meanDP depth-of-coverage (integer)

Example

--max-meanDP 10 : Keep variants with a mean DP across samples at most equal to 10

max-medianDP

Keep variants with a median Depth of coverage across samples at most equal to the given value

Syntax :

--max-medianDP depth-of-coverage (integer)

Example

--max-medianDP 10 : Keep variants with a median DP across samples at most equal to 10

min-meanGQ

Keep variants with a mean Genotype Quality across samples at least equal to the given value

Syntax :

--min-meanGQ genotype-quality (integer)

Example

--min-meanGQ 10 : Keep variants with a mean GQ across samples at least equal to 10

min-medianGQ

Keep variants with a median Genotype Quality across samples at least equal to the given value

Syntax :

--min-medianGQ genotype-quality (integer)

Example

--min-medianGQ 10 : Keep variants with a median GQ across samples at least equal to 10

max-meanGQ

Keep variants with a mean Genotype Quality across samples at most equal to the given value

Syntax :

--max-meanGQ genotype-quality (integer)

Example

--max-meanGQ 10 : Keep variants with a mean GQ across samples at most equal to 10

max-medianGQ

Keep variants with a median Genotype Quality across samples at most equal to the given value

Syntax :

--max-medianGQ genotype-quality (integer)

Example

--max-medianGQ 10 : Keep variants with a median GQ across samples at most equal to 10

hwe

Keep variants with Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium p-value above the given threshold

Syntax :

--hwe p-value (double)

Example

--hwe 0.0000001 : Keep variants with HWE p-value >= 0.0000001

remove-hwe

Remove variants with Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium p-value above the given threshold

Syntax :

--remove-hwe p-value (double)

Example

--remove-hwe 0.0000001 : Remove variants with HWE p-value >= 0.0000001

max-missing

Keep variant with at most the given ratio of missing genotypes

Syntax :

--max-missing ratio (double)

Example

--max-missing 0.1 : Keep variant with less than 10% of missing genotypes

min-missing

Keep variant with at least the given ratio of missing genotypes

Syntax :

--min-missing ratio (double)

Example

--min-missing 0.1 : Keep variant with more than 10% of missing genotypes

max-missing-count

Keep variant with at most the given number of missing genotypes

Syntax :

--max-missing-count integer

Example

--max-missing-count 17 : Keep variant with less than 17 missing genotypes

min-missing-count

Keep variant with at least the given number of missing genotypes

Syntax :

--min-missing-count integer

Example

--min-missing-count 17 : Keep variant with more than 17 missing genotypes

phased

Keep variant without unphased genotypes

Syntax :

--phased

remove-phased

Remove variant without unphased genotypes

Syntax :

--remove-phased

minQ

Keep variants with a quality (VCF column QUALITY) at least equal to the given value

Syntax :

--minQ quality (double)

Example

--minQ 500 : Keep variants with QUALITY >= 500

maxQ

Keep variants with a quality (VCF column QUALITY) at most equal to the given value

Syntax :

--maxQ quality (double)

Example

--maxQ 500 : Keep variants with QUALITY <= 500