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+#! /bin/Rscript
+library("optparse")
+
+option_list <- list(
+  make_option(opt_str = c("-i", "--input"), default = NULL, help = "Input bed-file. Last column must be sequences.", metavar = "character"),
+  make_option(opt_str = c("-s", "--similarity"), default = 0.8, help = "Similarity threshold. Default = %default", metavar = "double >= 0.8"),
+  make_option(opt_str = c("-A", "--coverage"), default = 8, help = "Minimal alignment length for both sequences in nucelotides. Default = %default", metavar = "integer"),
+  make_option(opt_str = c("-o", "--output"), default = "cluster.bed", help = "Output file. Default = %default", metavar = "character"),
+  make_option(opt_str = c("-c", "--clean"), default = TRUE, help = "Delete all temporary files. Default = %default", metavar = "logical")
+  # TODO more args
+)
+
+opt_parser <- OptionParser(option_list = option_list, 
+                           description = "Reduce sequences to frequent regions.")
+
+opt <- parse_args(opt_parser)
+
+#' cd-hit wrapper
+#' 
+#' @param input
+#' @param similarity cdhit = -c
+#' @param coverage In Nucleotides. cdhit = -A
+#' @param output Clustered bedfile. Adds cluster number in last column (lower number = bigger cluster).
+#' @param clean Clean up after run.
+#' 
+#' @return bed_table with cluster in last column
+#' TODO add all cdhit parameter
+#' TODO check whether cdhit is installed
+cdhitest <- function(input, similarity = 0.8, coverage = 8, output = "cluster.bed", clean = TRUE) {
+  # load bed if neccessary
+  if (!data.table::is.data.table(input)) {
+    bed_table <- data.table::fread(input = input, header = FALSE)
+  } else {
+    bed_table <- input
+  }
+  
+  ### convert bed to fasta
+  # 4th column = name
+  # last column = sequence
+  fasta_file <- "converted_bed.fasta"
+  seqinr::write.fasta(sequences = as.list(bed_table[[ncol(bed_table)]]), names = bed_table[[4]], as.string = TRUE, file.out = fasta_file)
+  
+  ### cd-hit-est
+  cdhit_output <- "cdhit_output"
+  cdhit_call <- paste("cd-hit-est -i", fasta_file, "-o", cdhit_output, "-c", similarity, "-A", coverage, "-G 0 -n 3 -g 1 -r 0 -l 5 -sc 1")
+  
+  system(command = cdhit_call, wait = TRUE)
+  
+  # reformat cluster file
+  # columns: id, clstr, clstr_size, length, clstr_rep, clstr_iden, clstr_cov
+  cluster_file <- "reformated.clstr"
+  cluster_call <- paste("clstr2txt.pl", paste0(cdhit_output, ".clstr"), ">", cluster_file)
+  
+  system(command = cluster_call, wait = TRUE)
+  
+  # load reformated file
+  cluster <- data.table::fread(cluster_file)
+  
+  ### add cluster to bed_table
+  result <- merge(x = bed_table, y = cluster[, c("id", "clstr")], by.x = "V4", by.y = "id", sort = FALSE)[, union(names(bed_table), names(cluster)[2]), with = FALSE]
+  
+  # delete files
+  if (clean) {
+    file.remove(fasta_file, paste0(cdhit_output, ".clstr"), cdhit_output, cluster_file)
+  }
+  
+  data.table::fwrite(x = result, file = output, sep = "\t", col.names = FALSE)
+}
+
+# call function with given parameter if not in interactive context (e.g. run from shell)
+if (!interactive()) {
+  # remove last parameter (help param)
+  params <- opt[-length(opt)]
+  do.call(cdhitest, args = params)  
+}