---
name: "checkTargetSortedness"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "augustus"
version: "3.3.2+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/checkTargetSortedness"
---

# checkTargetSortedness(1)

check BAM file for sortedness

## NAME

checkTargetSortedness - check BAM file for sortedness

## SYNOPSIS

**checkTargetSortedness** infile.bam

## OPTIONS

'infile.bam' is the name of the BAM file to check for sortedness. The program will output a short message describing the sortedness status of the file.

## AUTHORS

AUGUSTUS was written by M. Stanke, O. Keller, S. König, L. Gerischer and L. Romoth.

## ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION

An exhaustive documentation can be found in the file /usr/share/augustus/README.TXT.