Show file header

[feilchenfeldt]

Hi,

pytabix is very useful, thanks for developing it. However I have one issue:

Is there a way to access the header line of the input data file? I am working with tsv-files with may columns and it would be very useful to see the orignal header line.

For example, something like:
import tabix
tb = tabix.open("infile.tsv.gz")
chunk = tb.query("Chr1",10000,20000)
print tb.header

or:

print chunk.header

Thanks,
Hannes

[slowkow]

Thanks, Hannes!
I also want this feature, so I'll let you know when I get there.

[pontikos]

Hi yes any progress on this? It is quite an essential feature I think!

[slowkow]

@pontikos I'd be very happy to review and accept a pull request!