4 The `pileup` command is part of the MACS3 suite of tools and is used
5 to pile up alignment files. It is a fast algorithm to generate
6 coverage track from alignment file -- either single-end or paired-end
9 ## Detailed Description
11 The `pileup` command takes in one or multiple input files and produces
12 an output file with the piled-up genomic coverage. It uses an
13 efficient algorithm to pile up the alignments.
15 ![Pileup Algorithm](pileup.png)
17 Pileup aligned reads with a given extension size (fragment size or d
18 in MACS language). Note there will be no step for duplicate reads
19 filtering or sequencing depth scaling, so you may need to do certain
20 pre/post-processing, such as using `filterdup` or `randsample`
23 ## Command Line Options
25 Here is a brief overview of the command line options for `pileup`:
27 - `-i` or `--ifile`: Alignment file. If multiple files are given as
28 '-t A B C', then they will all be read and combined. REQUIRED.
29 - `-o` or `--ofile`: Output bedGraph file name. If not specified, will
30 write to standard output. REQUIRED.
31 - `--outdir`: If specified, all output files will be written to that
32 directory. Default: the current working directory
33 - `-f ` or `--format`: Format of the tag file.
34 - `AUTO`: MACS3 will pick a format from "AUTO", "BED", "ELAND",
35 "ELANDMULTI", "ELANDEXPORT", "SAM", "BAM", and "BOWTIE". If the
36 format is BAMPE or BEDPE, please specify it explicitly.
37 - `BAMPE` or `BEDPE`: When the format is BAMPE or BEDPE, the -B and
38 --extsize options would be ignored.
39 - Other options correspond to specific formats.
40 - `-B` or `--both-direction`: By default, any read will be extended
41 towards the downstream direction by the extension size. If this
42 option is set, aligned reads will be extended in both upstream and
43 downstream directions by the extension size. This option will be
44 ignored when the format is set as BAMPE or BEDPE. DEFAULT: False
45 - `--extsize`: The extension size in bps. Each alignment read will
46 become an EXTSIZE of the fragment, then be piled up. Check
47 description for -B for details. This option will be ignored when the
48 format is set as BAMPE or BEDPE. DEFAULT: 200
49 - `--buffer-size`: Buffer size for incrementally increasing the
50 internal array size to store read alignment information. In most
51 cases, you don't have to change this parameter. However, if there
52 are a large number of chromosomes/contigs/scaffolds in your
53 alignment, it's recommended to specify a smaller buffer size in
54 order to decrease memory usage (but it will take longer time to read
55 alignment files). Minimum memory requested for reading an alignment
56 file is about # of CHROMOSOME * BUFFER_SIZE * 8 Bytes. DEFAULT:
58 - `--verbose`: Set verbose level. 0: only show critical messages, 1:
59 show additional warning messages, 2: show process information, 3:
60 show debug messages. If you want to know where are the duplicate
61 reads, use 3. DEFAULT: 2
65 Here is an example of how to use the `pileup` command:
68 macs3 pileup -i treatment.bam -o piledup.bedGraph -f BAM --extsize 147
71 In this example, the program will pile up the alignments in the
72 `treatment.bam` file and write the result to `piledup.bedGraph`. The
73 input file is in BAM format, and we extend each sequencing tag into a
74 147bps fragment for pileup.