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Creates an HTML file with links to an instance of the UCSC Genome Browser for all features /
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annotations or features.
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5.16.1 Usage and option summary
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linksBed [OPTIONS] -i <BED/GFF/VCF> > <HTML file>
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**-base** The "basename" for the UCSC browser. *Default: http://genome.ucsc.edu*
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**-org** The organism (e.g. mouse, human). *Default: human*
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**-db** The genome build. *Default: hg18*
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5.16.2 Default behavior
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By default, **linksBed** creates links to the public UCSC Genome Browser.
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linksBed -i genes.bed > genes.html
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When genes.html is opened in a web browser, one should see something like the following, where each
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link on the page is built from the features in genes.bed:
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5.16.3 Creating HTML links to a local UCSC Browser installation
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Optionally, **linksBed** will create links to a local copy of the UCSC Genome Browser.
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linksBed -i genes.bed -base http://mirror.uni.edu > genes.html
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One can point the links to the appropriate organism and genome build as well:
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linksBed -i genes.bed -base http://mirror.uni.edu -org mouse -db mm9 > genes.html