====== Picard tools ======
A set of Java command line tools for manipulating high-throughput sequencing data (HTS) data and formats.

===== Information =====

  * Version: 2.27.5
  * Added: March, 2015
  * Updated: November, 2022
  * Link: https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard

===== Usage =====
See versions which are available:
<code>$ module avail picard</code>

Run picard (not necessary to load the module file):
<code>$ java -jar /export/apps/picard/2.27.5/picard.jar</code>

**Note:** Picard tools are CPU hungry; please use a minimum of 6 CPUs in your batch job when running tools from this suite.

**Note:** Picard makes use of temporary storage in ''/tmp'' during analysis by default. You will probably run into "No space left on device" errors unless you specify a different temp directory, for example: ''TMP_DIR=/var/scratch''.

===== Installation ======
Notes from the sysadmin during installation:

<code>$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/broadinstitute/picard/releases/download/2.27.5/picard.jar
$ sudo mkdir -p /export/apps/picard/2.27.5
$ sudo cp picard.jar /export/apps/picard/2.27.5</code>