def chain(args):
    p = OptionParser(chain.__doc__)
    p.add_option("--dist", default=100000, help="Chaining distance")
    p.set_outfile()
    opts, args = p.parse_args(args)

    if len(args) != 1:
        sys.exit(not p.print_help())

    bedfile, = args
    cmd = "sort -k4,4 -k1,1 -k2,2n -k3,3n {0} -o {0}".format(bedfile)
    sh(cmd)
    bed = Bed(bedfile, sorted=False)
    newbed = Bed()
    for accn, bb in groupby(bed, key=lambda x: x.accn):
        bb = list(bb)
        g = Grouper()
        for a in bb:
            g.join(a)
        for a, b in pairwise(bb):
            if a.seqid == b.seqid and b.start - a.end < opts.dist:
                g.join(a, b)
        data = []
        for p in g:
            seqid = p[0].seqid
            start = min(x.start for x in p)
            end = max(x.end for x in p)
            score = sum(x.span for x in p)
            data.append((seqid, start - 1, end, accn, score))

        d = max(data, key=lambda x: x[-1])
        newbed.append(BedLine("\t".join(str(x) for x in d)))

    newbed.print_to_file(opts.outfile, sorted=True)
Returns the first object from this container.
dataset/ETHPy150Open tanghaibao/jcvi/formats/bed.py/chain--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open CiscoSystems/avos/openstack_dashboard/test/test_data/utils.py/TestDataContainer.first