samtools idxstats: fail to load index for

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[yousefifariba6]

Hi i want convert sam file to txt file but i face to error: samtools idxstats: fail to load index for pleas help me

[ATpoint]

A sam file is already a plain text document. Anyway, idxstats works on coordinate-sorted BAM files that have been indexed with samtools index. Please be sure to google and use the search function for these kinds of questions, this has been asked many times before.