print_metadata_stats.py – Count the number of samples associated to a category value¶
Description:
Sum up the number of samples with each category value and print this information.
Usage: print_metadata_stats.py [options]
Input Arguments:
Note
[REQUIRED]
- -m, --mapping_file
- The input metadata file
- -c, --category
- The category to examine
[OPTIONAL]
- -o, --output_fp
- Path where output will be written [default: print to screen]
Output:
Two columns, the first being the category value and the second being the count. Output is to standard out. If there are unspecified values, the output category is identified as *UNSPECIFIED*
Example:
Count the number of samples associated with Treatment
print_metadata_stats.py -m $PWD/mapping.txt -c Treatment
Example writting the output to a file:
Count the number of samples associated with Treatment and save them to a file called stats.txt
print_metadata_stats.py -m mapping.txt -c Treatment -o stats.txt