---
name: "gsort"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gsort"
version: "0.1.4-3+b23"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gsort"
---

# gsort(1)

sort genomic data

## NAME

gsort - sort genomic data

## SYNOPSIS

**gsort** \[*--chromosomemappings CHROMOSOMEMAPPINGS*\] \[*--memory MEMORY*\] \[*--parent*\] *PATH GENOME*

## DESCRIPTION

### Positional arguments:

- PATH

  a tab-delimited file to sort

- GENOME

  a genome file of chromosome sizes and order

## OPTIONS

- **--chromosomemappings** CHROMOSOMEMAPPINGS, **-c** CHROMOSOMEMAPPINGS

  a file used to re-map chromosome names for example from hg19 to GRCh37

- **--memory** MEMORY, **-m** MEMORY

  megabytes of memory to use before writing to temp files. \[default: 2800\]

- **--parent**, **-p**

  for gff only. given rows with same chrom and start put those with a 'Parent' attribute first

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

  display this help and exit

## AUTHOR

 This manpage was written by Nilesh Patra for the Debian distribution and\
  can be used for any other usage of the program.