Run a somatic variant pipeline workflow.
The somatic pipeline processes the tumor FASTQ files, and optionally normal FASTQ files and knownSites files, and generates tumor or tumor/normal analysis. The output is in VCF format.

# The command line below will run tumor-only analysis.
$ pbrun somatic \
--ref Ref/Homo_sapiens_assembly38.fasta \
--in-tumor-fq Data/sample_1.fq.gz Data/sample_2.fq.gz \
--out-vcf output.vcf \
--out-tumor-bam tumor.bam
# The command line below will run tumor-normal analysis.
$ pbrun somatic \
--ref Ref/Homo_sapiens_assembly38.fasta \
--knownSites Ref/Homo_sapiens_assembly38.known_indels.vcf.gz \
--in-tumor-fq Data/sample_1.fq.gz Data/sample_2.fq.gz "@RG\tID:sm_tumor_rg1\tLB:lib1\tPL:bar\tSM:sm_tumor\tPU:sm_tumor_rg1" \
--out-vcf output.vcf \
--out-tumor-bam tumor.bam \
--out-tumor-recal-file recal.txt \
--in-normal-fq normal0.fq.gz normal1.fq.gz "@RG\tID:sm_normal_rg1\tLB:lib1\tPL:bar\tSM:sm_normal\tPU:sm_normal_rg1" \
--out-normal-bam normal.bam
Run the tumor normal somatic pipeline from FASTQ to VCF.
Input/Output file options
- --ref REF
-
Path to the reference file. (default: None)
Option is required.
- --in-tumor-fq [IN_TUMOR_FQ [IN_TUMOR_FQ ...]]
-
Path to the pair ended FASTQ files followed by optional read groups with quotes (Example: "@RGtID:footLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:20"). Files must be in fastq or fastq.gz format. All sets of inputs should have a read group; otherwise, none should have a read group, and it will be automatically added by the pipeline. This option can be repeated multiple times. Example 1: --in-fq sampleX_1_1.fastq.gz sampleX_1_2.fastq.gz --in-fq sampleX_2_1.fastq.gz sampleX_2_2.fastq.gz . Example 2: --in-tumor-fq sampleX_1_1.fastq.gz sampleX_1_2.fastq.gz "@RG ID:footLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:sm_tumortPU:unit1" --in-tumor-fq sampleX_2_1.fastq.gz sampleX_2_2.fastq.gz "@RG ID:foo2tLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:sm_tumortPU:unit2". For same sample, Read Groups should have same sample name (SM) and different ID and PU. (default: None)
- --in-se-tumor-fq [IN_SE_TUMOR_FQ [IN_SE_TUMOR_FQ ...]]
-
Path to the single ended FASTQ file followed by optional read group with quotes (Example: "@RGtID:footLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:sampletPU:foo"). The file must be in fastq or fastq.gz format. All sets of inputs should have a read group; otherwise, none should have a read group, and it will be automatically added by the pipeline. This option can be repeated multiple times: For example, --in-se-tumor- fq sampleX_1.fastq.gz --in-se-tumor-fq sampleX_2.fastq.gz . Example 2: --in-se-tumor-fq sampleX_1.fastq.gz "@RGtID:footLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:tumortPU:unit1" --in-se-tumor-fq sampleX_2.fastq.gz "@RGtID:foo2tLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:tumortPU:unit2" . For same sample, Read Groups should have same sample name (SM) and different ID and PU. (default: None)
- --in-normal-fq [IN_NORMAL_FQ [IN_NORMAL_FQ ...]]
-
Path to the pair ended FASTQ files followed by optional read group with quotes (Example: "@RGtID:footLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:20"). Files must be in fastq or fastq.gz format. All sets of inputs should have a read group; otherwise, none should have a read group, and it will be automatically added by the pipeline. This option can be repeated multiple times: For example, --in-normal-fq sampleX_1_1.fastq.gz sampleX_1_2.fastq.gz --in-fq sampleX_2_1.fastq.gz sampleX_2_2.fastq.gz . Example 2: --in-normal-fq sampleX_1_1.fastq.gz sampleX_1_2.fastq.gz "@RG ID:footLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:sm_normaltPU:unit1" --in-normal-fq sampleX_2_1.fastq.gz sampleX_2_2.fastq.gz "@RG ID:foo2tLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:sm_normaltPU:unit2". For same sample, Read Groups should have same sample name (SM) and different ID and PU. (default: None)
- --in-se-normal-fq [IN_SE_NORMAL_FQ [IN_SE_NORMAL_FQ ...]]
-
Path to the single ended FASTQ file followed by optional read group with quotes (Example: "@RGtID:footLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:sampletPU:foo"). The file must be in fastq/fastq.gz format. All sets of inputs should have a read group; otherwise, none should have a read group, and it will be automatically added by the pipeline. This option can be repeated multiple times. Example 1: --in-se-normal- fq sampleX_1.fastq.gz --in-se-normal-fq sampleX_2.fastq.gz . Example 2: --in-se-normal-fq sampleX_1.fastq.gz "@RGtID:footLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:normaltPU:unit1" --in-se-normal-fq sampleX_2.fastq.gz "@RGtID:foo2tLB:lib1tPL:bartSM:normaltPU:unit2" . For same sample, Read Groups should have same sample name (SM) and different ID and PU. (default: None)
- --knownSites KNOWNSITES
-
Path to a known indels file. Must be in vcf.gz format. This option can be used multiple times. (default: None)
- --interval-file INTERVAL_FILE
-
Path to an interval file with possible formats: Picard-style (.interval_list or .picard), GATK-style (.list or .intervals), or BED file (.bed). This option can be used multiple times. (default: None)
- --out-vcf OUT_VCF
-
Path of the VCF file after Variant Calling. (default: None)
Option is required.
- --out-tumor-bam OUT_TUMOR_BAM
-
Path of BAM file for tumor reads. (default: None)
Option is required.
- --out-normal-bam OUT_NORMAL_BAM
-
Path of BAM file for normal reads. (default: None)
- --out-tumor-recal-file OUT_TUMOR_RECAL_FILE
-
Path of report file after Base Quality Score Recalibration for tumor sample. (default: None)
- --out-normal-recal-file OUT_NORMAL_RECAL_FILE
-
Path of report file after Base Quality Score Recalibration for normal sample.
(default: None)
Options specific to this tool
- -L INTERVAL, --interval INTERVAL
-
Interval within which to call bqsr from the input reads. All intervals will have a padding of 100 to get read records and overlapping intervals will be combined. Interval files should be passed using the --interval-file option. This option can be used multiple times. e.g. "-L chr1 -L chr2:10000 -L chr3:20000+ -L chr4:10000-20000" (default: None)
- --bwa-options BWA_OPTIONS
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Pass supported bwa mem options as one string. Current original bwa mem supported options, -M, -Y, -T. e.g. --bwa-options="-M -Y" (default: None)
- --no-warnings
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Suppress warning messages about system thread and memory usage (default: None)
- --no-markdups
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Do not perform Mark Duplicates step. Return BAM after sorting. (default: None)
- --fix-mate
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Add mate cigar (MC) and mate quality (MQ) tags to the output file. (default: None)
- --markdups-assume-sortorder-queryname
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Assume the reads are sorted by queryname for Marking Duplicates. This will mark secondary, supplementary and unmapped reads as duplicates as well. This flag will not impact variant calling while increasing processing times (default: None)
- --markdups-picard-version-2182
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Assume marking duplicates to be similar to Picard version 2.18.2 (default: None)
- --optical-duplicate-pixel-distance OPTICAL_DUPLICATE_PIXEL_DISTANCE
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The maximum offset between two duplicate clusters in order to consider them optical duplicates. Ignored if --out-duplicate-metrics is not passed (default: None)
- -ip INTERVAL_PADDING, --interval-padding INTERVAL_PADDING
-
Amount of padding (in base pairs) to add to each interval you are including. (default: None)
- --ploidy PLOIDY
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Ploidy assumed for the BAM file. Currently only haploid (ploidy 1) and diploid (ploidy 2) are supported. (default: 2)
- --max-mnp-distance MAX_MNP_DISTANCE
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Two or more phased substitutions separated by this distance or less are merged into MNPs. (default: 1)
- --mutectcaller-options MUTECTCALLER_OPTIONS
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Pass supported mutectcaller options as one string. Currently supported original mutectcaller options: -pcr-indel-model <NONE, HOSTILE, AGGRESSIVE, CONSERVATIVE>. e.g. --mutectcaller-options="-pcr-indel-model HOSTILE". (default: None)
- --tumor-read-group-sm TUMOR_READ_GROUP_SM
-
SM tag for read groups for tumor sample. (default: None)
- --tumor-read-group-lb TUMOR_READ_GROUP_LB
-
LB tag for read groups for tumor sample. (default: None)
- --tumor-read-group-pl TUMOR_READ_GROUP_PL
-
PL tag for read groups for tumor sample. (default: None)
- --tumor-read-group-id-prefix TUMOR_READ_GROUP_ID_PREFIX
-
prefix for ID and PU tag for read groups for tumor sample. This prefix will be used for all pair of tumor FASTQ files in this run. The ID and PU tag will consist of this prefix and an identifier which will be unique for a pair of FASTQ files. (default: None)
- --normal-read-group-sm NORMAL_READ_GROUP_SM
-
SM tag for read groups for normal sample. (default: None)
- --normal-read-group-lb NORMAL_READ_GROUP_LB
-
LB tag for read groups for normal sample. (default: None)
- --normal-read-group-pl NORMAL_READ_GROUP_PL
-
PL tag for read groups for normal sample. (default: None)
- --normal-read-group-id-prefix NORMAL_READ_GROUP_ID_PREFIX
-
prefix for ID and PU tag for read groups for normal sample. This prefix will be used for all pair of normal FASTQ files in this run. The ID and PU tag will consist of this prefix and an identifier which will be unique for a pair of FASTQ files. (default: None)
Common options:
- --logfile LOGFILE
-
Path to the log file. If not specified, messages will only be written to the standard error output. (default: None)
- --tmp-dir TMP_DIR
-
Full path to the directory where temporary files will be stored.
- --with-petagene-dir WITH_PETAGENE_DIR
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Full path to the PetaGene installation directory. By default, this should have been installed at /opt/petagene. Use of this option also requires that the PetaLink library has been preloaded by setting the LD_PRELOAD environment variable. Optionally set the PETASUITE_REFPATH and PGCLOUD_CREDPATH environment variables that are used for data and credentials (default: None)
- --keep-tmp
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Do not delete the directory storing temporary files after completion.
- --license-file LICENSE_FILE
-
Path to license file license.bin if not in the installation directory.
- --no-seccomp-override
-
Do not override seccomp options for docker (default: None).
- --version
-
View compatible software versions.
GPU options:
- --num-gpus NUM_GPUS
-
Number of GPUs to use for a run. GPUs 0..(NUM_GPUS-1) will be used.
- --gpu-devices GPU_DEVICES
-
GPU devices to use for a run. By default, all GPU devices will be used. To use specific GPU devices, enter a comma-separated list of GPU device numbers. Possible device numbers can be found by examining the output of the
nvidia-smi
command. For example, using --gpu-devices 0,1 would only use the first two GPUs.