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.

vcf-merge 0.1.5                                     July 2011                                       VCF-MERGE(1)