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Clarify -R/-T format to prevent confusion such as #1862
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doc/bcftools.txt

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@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ specific commands to see if they apply.
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*-R, --regions-file* 'FILE'::
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Regions can be specified either on command line or in a VCF, BED, or
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tab-delimited file (the default). The columns of the tab-delimited file
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can contain either positions (two-column format) or intervals (three-column
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format): CHROM, POS, and, optionally, END, where positions are 1-based
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can contain either positions (two-column format: CHROM, POS) or intervals
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(three-column format: CHROM, BEG, END), but not both. Positions are 1-based
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and inclusive. The columns of the tab-delimited BED file are also
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CHROM, POS and END (trailing columns are ignored), but coordinates
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are 0-based, half-open. To indicate that a file be treated as BED rather

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