Lab 2: Pedfiddler
(updated for 2007 from Oct 2005)
Note it is no longer necessary to use list2pedc: instead you can directly use the Import File option in pfiddler.
However, you can (if you want) use list2pedc to convert your list file into a pedc file (so we will be able to manipulate it using pfiddler), as follows:
% list2pedc inputfile
–o outputfile
So,
in our example, I would type
% list2pedc jvped.dat -o jvped.pedc
Note the basic list2pedc ignores the gender column in the input file.
If you want a version that uses the specified genders in the original
pedigree file
you need to run list2pedc with the "-s" option. i.e.
% list2pedc -s jvped.dat -o jvped_s.pedc
See the manual pages: % man list2pedc for more information.
If you are having problems with your input files that you cannot understand: click here for possible reason and help.