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Reorder samples in a PLINK dataset

Is it possible to reorder samples in a PLINK dataset, per an order specified in a second file?

I've tried the --keep and --recode options, but they don't do it

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updated by Ram Ram • written by pufferfish pufferfish

Interesting to know why would you need them to be ordered?

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written by zx8754 zx8754

Some programs like PREST-plus need the data to be sorted by FID/IID to run properly.

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written by nalliey.bsd • nalliey.bsd

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plink --bfile [original fileset] --indiv-sort f [file describing new order] --make-bed --out [new prefix]

(More discussion at https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink2/data#indiv_sort .)

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updated by Ram Ram • written by chrchang523 chrchang523

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