---
name: "vcfstats"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvcflib-tools"
version: "1.0.12+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vcfstats"
---

# vcfstats(1)

## NAME

**vcfstats**

## SYNOPSIS

**vcfstats** options

## DESCRIPTION

Prints statistics about variants in the input VCF file.

## OPTIONS

-

  ```
      -r, --region          specify a region on which to target the stats, requires a BGZF
                            compressed file which has been indexed with tabix.  any number of
                            regions may be specified.
      -a, --add-info        add the statistics intermediate information to the VCF file,
                            writing out VCF records instead of summary statistics
      -t, --add-type        only add the type= field to the info (faster than -a)
      -l, --no-length-frequency    don't out the indel and mnp length-frequency spectra
      -m, --match-score N          match score for SW algorithm
      -x, --mismatch-score N       mismatch score for SW algorithm
      -o, --gap-open-penalty N     gap open penalty for SW algorithm
      -e, --gap-extend-penalty N   gap extension penalty for SW algorithm
  Type: statistics
  ```

## EXIT VALUES

- **0**

  Success

- **not 0**

  Failure

## SEE ALSO

[**vcflib**(1)](/vcflib/1.md)

## OTHER

## LICENSE

Copyright 2011-2024 (C) Erik Garrison and vcflib contributors. MIT licensed. Copyright 2020-2024 (C) Pjotr Prins.

## AUTHORS

Erik Garrison and vcflib contributors.