---
name: "convertSamples"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bitseq"
version: "0.7.5+dfsg-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/convertSamples"
---

# convertSamples(1)

convert or normalize MCMC expression samples

## NAME

convertSamples - convert or normalize MCMC expression samples

## SYNOPSIS

**convertSamples** *-a \<action\> -o \<outFileName\>*  \[*OPTIONS*\] \[*sampleFile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Converts or normalizes MCMC expression samples.

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  \[sampleFile\] should contain transposed MCMC samples.

## OPTIONS

**--help**

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  Show this help information.

**--Nmap=**\<Nmap\>

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  Total number of aligned reads. Or a normalization constant, when normalizing.

**-a** \<action\> ,   **--action=**\<action\>

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  Action to perform options:

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  T2R - theta to rpkm R2T - rpkm to theta T2RL - theta to log-rpkm C2R - counts to rpkm R2C - rpkm 2 counts NORM - normalize (samples are multiplied by Nmap) LOGNORM - log+normalize (samples are multiplied by Nmap and logged).

**-o** \<outFileName\> ,   **--outFile=**\<outFileName\>

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  Name of the output file.

**-t** \<trInfoFileName\> ,   **--trInfoFile=**\<trInfoFileName\>

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  File containing transcript information.

**-v** ,   **--verbose**

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  Verbose output. (default: Off)