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Creating Binary file (*.bed, *.bim, *.fam file) from 1000GP LEGEND file

Hi All, I have the file "1000GP_Phase3_combined.legend".

I want to create a binary (*.bed, *.bim, *.fam file) PLINK file. Does anyone have experience?

Thank you in advance.

plink binary file 1000gp legend file
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written by tesfadej2003 • tesfadej2003

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The .legend file is essentially PLINK's .bim, with a few extra columns. You also need .hap and .sample files to generate a full PLINK fileset (and you'll probably need to do some minor preprocessing on the 1000GP phase 3 .sample file to make it readable by existing tools).

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written by chrchang523 chrchang523

Yes indeed, that minor preprocessing is probably using Perl program. However, I am not familiar with Perl. What a pity. I would be grateful if you would have the command line/script. Thank you so much for your time.

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written by tesfadej2003 • tesfadej2003

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