## BEDOPS v2.4.42: high-performance genomic feature operations ##

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### About ###

**BEDOPS v2.4.42** is a suite of tools to address common questions raised in genomic studies — mostly with regard to overlap and proximity relationships between data sets. It aims to be scalable and flexible, facilitating the efficient and accurate analysis and management of large-scale genomic data. 

The <a href="https://bedops.readthedocs.io/en/latest/content/overview.html#overview">overview</a> section of the **BEDOPS v2.4.42** documentation summarizes the toolkit, functionality and performance enhancements. The <a href="https://bedops.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html#reference">reference</a> table offers documentation for all applications and scripts.


### Downloads ###

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<li><a href="https://github.com/bedops/bedops/releases/download/v2.4.42/bedops_linux_x86_64-v2.4.42.tar.bz2">x86-64 (64-bit)</a> binaries</li>
<li><a href="http://bedops.readthedocs.io/en/latest/content/installation.html#linux">Installation instructions</a> for Linux hosts</li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/bedops/bedops/releases/download/v2.4.42/BEDOPS.2.4.42.pkg.zip">Intel/Rosetta (64-bit, 10.10-11.4)</a> installer package</li>
<li><a href="http://bedops.readthedocs.io/en/latest/content/installation.html#mac-os-x">Installation instructions</a> for Mac OS X hosts</li>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/bedops/bedops/archive/v2.4.42.tar.gz">Source code</a> (tar.gz)</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bedops/bedops/archive/v2.4.42.zip">Source code</a> (zip)</li>
<li><a href="http://bedops.readthedocs.io/en/latest/content/installation.html#installation-via-source-code">Compilation instructions</a></li>
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### Documentation ###

Complete documentation for **BEDOPS v2.4.42** tools is available at: <a href="https://bedops.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html">https://bedops.readthedocs.io/</a>

### Citation ###

If you use **BEDOPS v2.4.42** in your research, please cite the following manuscript:

> Shane Neph, M. Scott Kuehn, Alex P. Reynolds, et al.  
> [**BEDOPS: high-performance genomic feature operations**  
> *Bioinformatics* (2012) 28 (14): 1919-1920.] (http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/28/14/1919.abstract)

### Copyright ###

> Copyright (C) 2011-2025 Shane J. Neph, M. Scott Kuehn and Alex P. Reynolds
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> Source code, documentation and media assets released under <a href="https://github.com/bedops/bedops/blob/master/LICENSE">GNU Public License Version 2</a> (GPL v2).
