# Parallel xargs by Chr

[View full source code on GitHub](https://github.com/dnanexus/dnanexus-example-applets/tree/master/Tutorials/bash/samtools_count_para_chr_xargs_sh)

## How is the SAMtools dependency provided?

The SAMtools compiled binary is placed directory in the `<applet dir>/resources` directory. Any files found in the `resources/` directory are uploaded so that they are present in the root directory of the worker. In this case:

```
├── Applet dir
│   ├── src
│   ├── dxapp.json
│   ├── resources
│       ├── usr
│           ├── bin
│               ├── < samtools binary >
```

When this applet is run on a worker, the `resources/` folder is placed in the worker's root directory `/`:

```
/
├── usr
│   ├── bin
│       ├── < samtools binary >
├── home
│   ├── dnanexus
```

`/usr/bin` is part of the `$PATH` variable, so in the script, you can reference the `samtools` command directly, as in `samtools view -c ...`.

## Parallel Run

### Splice BAM

First, download the BAM file and slice it by canonical chromosome, writing the `*bam` file names to another file.

To split a BAM by regions, you need to have a `*.bai` index. You can either create an app(let) which takes the `*.bai` as an input or generate a `*.bai` in the applet. In this tutorial, the `*.bai` is generated in the applet, sorting the BAM if necessary.

```shell
dx download "${mappings_bam}"

indexsuccess=true
bam_filename="${mappings_bam_name}"
samtools index "${mappings_bam_name}" || indexsuccess=false
if [[ $indexsuccess == false ]]; then
  samtools sort -o "${mappings_bam_name}" "${mappings_bam_name}"
  samtools index "${mappings_bam_name}"
  bam_filename="${mappings_bam_name}"
fi

chromosomes=$( \
  samtools view -H "${bam_filename}" \
  | grep "\@SQ" \
  | awk -F '\t' '{print $2}' \
  | awk -F ':' '{if ($2 ~ /^chr[0-9XYM]+$|^[0-9XYM]/) {print $2}}')

for chr in $chromosomes; do
  samtools view -b "${bam_filename}" "${chr}" -o "bam_${chr}."bam
  echo "bam_${chr}.bam"
done > bamfiles.txt
```

### Xargs SAMtools view

In the previous section, the name of each sliced BAM file was recorded into a record file. Next, perform a `samtools view -c` on each slice using the record file as input.

```shell
counts_txt_name="${mappings_bam_prefix}_count.txt"

sum_reads=$( \
  <bamfiles.txt xargs -I {} samtools view -c $view_options '{}' \
  | awk '{s+=$1} END {print s}')
echo "Total Count: ${sum_reads}" > "${counts_txt_name}"
```

### Upload results

The results file is uploaded using the standard bash process:

1. Upload a file to the job execution's container.
2. Provide the DNAnexus link as a job's output using the script `dx-jobutil-add-output <output name>`

   ```shell
     counts_txt_id=$(dx upload "${counts_txt_name}" --brief)
     dx-jobutil-add-output counts_txt "${counts_txt_id}" --class=file
   ```