occurrences of each record uniq.py -i $input -o $out_file1 -c "$column" -d $delim Tab Whitespace Dot Comma Dash Underscore Pipe

.. class:: infomark **TIP:** If your data is not TAB delimited, use *Text Manipulation->Convert* ----- **Syntax** This tool counts occurrences of unique values in selected column(s). - If multiple columns are selected, counting is performed on each unique group of all values in the selected columns. - The first column of the resulting query will be the count of unique values in the selected column(s) and will be followed by each value. ----- **Example** - Input file:: chr1 10 100 gene1 chr1 105 200 gene2 chr1 205 300 gene3 chr2 10 100 gene4 chr2 1000 1900 gene5 chr3 15 1656 gene6 chr4 10 1765 gene7 chr4 10 1765 gene8 - Counting unique values in column c1 will result in:: 3 chr1 2 chr2 1 chr3 2 chr4 - Counting unique values in the grouping of columns c2 and c3 will result in:: 2 10 100 2 10 1765 1 1000 1900 1 105 200 1 15 1656 1 205 300