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Find mean read length of a bam file dataset of reads?

I am working in a remote linux server and I have a dataset of reads in the file with extension bam extension. How to find its mean read length

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updated by Ram 4.5K • | written by MobiusT 2

vcfs don't usually contain read length information

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you can get the mean read length from a bam or a fastq file, not from a VCF.

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written by Pierre Lindenbaum 17K

Then, How to find from a bam file?

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samtools stats in.bam | grep "average length"

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