SYNOPSIS

blt deromanize column < input-file > output-file

DESCRIPTION

It was once a common practice to represent chromosome numbers as Roman numerals. This is no longer common, but files containing Roman numerals still exist. blt deromanize converts a column of Roman numerals to the Arabic system. Data not recognized as a Roman numeral is left unchanged.

EXAMPLES

blt deromanize 1 < roman.gff3 > arabic.gff3
zcat roman.gff3.gz | blt deromanize 1 | gzip > arabic.gff3.gz
samtools view roman.bam | blt deromanize 3 | samtools view -b > arabic.bam

SEE ALSO

blt(1)

AUTHOR

J. Bacon