NAME

       vcf-merge - merge the bgzipped and tabix indexed VCF files

SYNOPSIS

       merge-vcf [OPTIONS] file1.vcf file2.vcf.gz ... > out.vcf

DESCRIPTION

       About:  Merge the bgzipped and tabix indexed VCF files. (E.g. bgzip file.vcf; tabix -p vcf
       file.vcf.gz)

OPTIONS

       -c, --chromosomes <list|file>
              Same as -r, left for backward compatibility. Please  do  not  use  as  it  will  be
              dropped in the future.

       -d, --remove-duplicates
              If there should be two consecutive rows with the same chr:pos, print only the first
              one.

       -H, --vcf-header <file>
              Use the VCF header

       -h, -?, --help
              This help message.

       -r, --regions <list|file>
              Do only the given regions (comma-separated list or one region per line in a file).

       -s, --silent
              Try to be a bit more silent, no warnings about duplicate lines.