BGZFLib.jl

BGZFLib.jl is a package for reading and writing Blocked GNU Zip Format (BGZF) files.

Example

Reading a BGZF file:

$ echo "Hello, world" | bgzip > /tmp/foo.gz

julia> using BGZFLib

julia> BGZFReader(read, open("/tmp/foo.gz")) |> String
"Hello, world\n"

Writing a BGZF file

julia> using BGZFLib

julia> BGZFWriter(io -> write(io, "Hello, world"), open("/tmp/foo.gz", "w"))
12

$ bgzip -dc /tmp/foo.gz
Hello, world

For more examples, see the documentation: https://biojulia.dev/BGZFLib.jl/stable/

Questions?

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