Samtools: Information about percentages in SAM files

[GenoMax]

Look into "idxstats" option for samtools for getting the information you want. If you need visual graphs and such you can look at Qualimap.

Also this (cut -f2 for mapped reads and cut -f3 for unmapped): http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthr...3744#post53744 and the explanation here: https://www.biostars.org/p/14569/

Smatools "flagstat" will provide aggregate information: https://www.biostars.org/p/84396/

[Flo89]

Hi,

I have used BWA mem to map paired-end reads to different references.
I am looking for mapped and unmapped reads percentages (e.g. mapped reads 96 %) and I don't know if samtools has such an option.

I actually know that this command line here

samtools view -c -f 4 -S filename.sam

outputs the unmapped reads and with a capital (-F) the number of mapped reads. Do I have to calculate the percentages by my own or is there a fancy option in samtools ?

Best,
Flo