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How to check Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) version on my terminal?

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2.3 years ago

appropiate ▴ 80

Hopefully the title is self-explanatory. I have tried

bwa --version

without success.

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-10

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Dave Carlson ★ 1.9k

Just run the bwa command without the --version flag:

$ bwa

Program: bwa (alignment via Burrows-Wheeler transformation) Version: 0.7.17-r1188 Contact: Heng Li lh3@sanger.ac.uk

Usage: bwa <command> [options]

ADD COMMENT • link 2.3 years ago by Dave Carlson ★ 1.9k

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That was embarrassingly simple, thanks!

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