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	The bedtools utilities are a suite of tools for performing a wide range of			The bedtools utilities are a suite of tools for performing a wide range of
	genomics analysis tasks. The most widely-used of these tools enable genome			genomics analysis tasks. The most widely-used of these tools enable genome
	arithmetic, i.e., set theory on the genome. For example, with bedtools one			arithmetic, i.e., set theory on the genome. For example, with bedtools one can
	can intersect, merge, count, complement, and shuffle genomic intervals from			intersect, merge, count, complement, and shuffle genomic intervals from
	multiple files in common genomic formats such as BAM, BED, GFF/GTF, and VCF.			multiple files in common genomic formats such as BAM, BED, GFF/GTF, and VCF.

	Although each individual utility is designed to do a relatively simple task,			Although each individual utility is designed to do a relatively simple task,
	e.g., intersect two interval files, more sophisticated analyses can be			e.g., intersect two interval files, more sophisticated analyses can be
	conducted by stringing together multiple bedtools operations on the command			conducted by stringing together multiple bedtools operations on the command
	line or in shell scripts.			line or in shell scripts.

	WWW: http://bedtools.readthedocs.org/			WWW: http://bedtools.readthedocs.org/