---
name: "bedops-starch"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bedops"
version: "2.4.41+dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bedops-starch"
---

# bedops-starch(1)

manual page for bedops-starch 2.4.41+dfsg

## NAME

bedops-starch - manual page for bedops-starch 2.4.41+dfsg

## DESCRIPTION

starch

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  citation: http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/14/1919.abstract

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  https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bts277

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  binary version: 2.4.41 (typical) (creates archive version: 2.2.0) authors:  Alex Reynolds and Shane Neph

USAGE: starch \[ **--note=**"foo bar..." \]

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  \[ **--bzip2** \| **--gzip** \] \[ **--omit-signature** \] \[ **--report-progress**=*N* \] \[ **--header** \] \[ \<unique-tag\> \] \<bed-file\>

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  \* BED input must be sorted lexicographically (e.g., using BEDOPS sort-bed). \* Please use '-' to indicate reading BED data from standard input. \* Output must be directed to a regular file. \* The bzip2 compression type makes smaller archives, while gzip extracts

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  faster.

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  Process Flags **--------------------------------------------------------------------------** **--note=**"foo bar..."   Append note to output archive metadata (optional).

- **--bzip2** \| **--gzip**

  Specify backend compression type (optional, default is bzip2).

- **--omit-signature**

  Skip generating per-chromosome data integrity signature (optional, default is to generate signature).

- **--report-progress**=*N*

  Report compression progress every N elements per chromosome to standard error stream (optional)

- **--header**

  Support BED input with custom UCSC track, SAM or VCF headers, or generic comments (optional).

- \<unique-tag\>

  Optional. Specify unique identifier for transformed data.

- **--version**

  Show binary version.

- **--help**

  Show this usage message.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **bedops-starch** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **bedops-starch** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

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  **info bedops-starch**

should give you access to the complete manual.