SORT-BED(1)

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version 2.4.42 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 SORT-BED(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the sort-bed manual page, section 1 of the User Commands girlies. this is the one for sort-bed 2.4.42+dfsg and she is serving. pull up a chair 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

sort-bed — literally the manual page for sort-bed 2.4.42+dfsg. that's it, that's the name. iconic behaviour.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

sort-bed

citation: (yes she's published, she's got receipts 📚)

version:

  • 2.4.42 (typical)

authors:

  • Scott Kuehn 👑

🦋 USAGE 🦋

sort-bed [--help] [--version] [--check-sort] [--max-mem <val>]
[--tmpdir <path>] [--unique] [--duplicates] <file1.bed> <file2.bed>
<...>

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this baby sorts BED file(s). you can pass - to mean stdin (not me piping things in like a main character 🙈), and the results get sent straight to stdout. no cap.

🎀 the flags, one by one, no skipping 🎀

  • --help, --version, --check-sort — these three are chillin' in the usage line up there. that's where they live, that's what the page shows, periodt.
  • --max-mem <val> — sets your memory budget. the <val> can be written as 8G, 8000M, or 8000000000, and all three of those mean 8 GB of memory. pick your fighter 💅
  • --tmpdir <path> — lowkey only useful when you're also using --max-mem. they're a duo, a package deal, iykyk.
  • --unique — prints only unique BED elements (basically the sort -u vibe). ⚠️ Cannot be used with --duplicates. it's giving exclusive.
  • --duplicates — prints only duplicated or repeated elements (basically the uniq -d vibe). ⚠️ Cannot be used with --unique. pick a lane bestie, you cannot have both 😭
fr fr: --unique and --duplicates are mutually exclusive. do not try it. the flags will not slay together.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full documentation for sort-bed is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and sort-bed programs are properly installed at your site, this command:

info sort-bed

should give you access to the complete manual. go read it, it's giving ✨educated✨

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was sort-bed 2.4.42+dfsg, August 2025, page SORT-BED(1). stay sorted, stay unique, and never run --unique with --duplicates. mwah 💖🎀🦋

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