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How can I get the names of bams that were merged

I have a single bam file which was created by merging few other bam files. How can I get the names of bam files that were used during merging?

Thanks!

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updated by Medhat Medhat • written by Rashedul Islam Rashedul Islam

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Have you checked the headers (samtools view -H your.bam) to see if you have read groups and such that can help guide you?

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written by GenoMax GenoMax

That was simple and worked. Command samtools view -H my.bam | grep '@RG'. Thanks!

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