---
name: "cnvkit-antitarget"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cnvkit"
version: "0.9.12-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cnvkit-antitarget"
---

# cnvkit-antitarget(1)

Derive off-target ("antitarget") bins from target regions.

## NAME

cnvkit\_antitarget - Derive off-target ("antitarget") bins from target regions.

## DESCRIPTION

usage: cnvkit.py antitarget \[-h\] \[-g FILENAME\] \[-a AVG\_SIZE\] \[-m MIN\_SIZE\]

- \[-o FILENAME\]

  targets

### positional arguments:

- targets

  BED or interval file listing the targeted regions.

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-g** FILENAME, **--access** FILENAME

  Regions of accessible sequence on chromosomes (.bed), as output by genome2access.py.

- **-a** AVG\_SIZE, **--avg-size** AVG\_SIZE

  Average size of antitarget bins (results are approximate). \[Default: 150000\]

- **-m** MIN\_SIZE, **--min-size** MIN\_SIZE

  Minimum size of antitarget bins (smaller regions are dropped). \[Default: 1/16 avg size, calculated\]

- **-o** FILENAME, **--output** FILENAME

  Output file name.