Examples
Single-End RNA-seq
fcount-rs -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample.bam
Paired-End RNA-seq
fcount-rs -p -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample.bam
Stranded Library (e.g., dUTP method)
fcount-rs -p -s 2 -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample.bam
Multi-Threaded Processing
fcount-rs -T 8 -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample.bam
Multiple BAM Files
fcount-rs -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample1.bam sample2.bam sample3.bam
Count Multi-Mapping Reads
fcount-rs -M -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample.bam
With fractional counting:
fcount-rs -M --fraction -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample.bam
Feature-Level Counting
Count at exon level instead of gene level:
fcount-rs -f -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample.bam
Quality Filtering
Require minimum MAPQ of 10 and ignore duplicates:
fcount-rs -Q 10 --ignore-dup -a annotation.gtf -o counts.txt sample.bam