unzip_and_merge_veritas_bam.sh

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash
tar xf 999999.bam.tgz
samtools merge 999999_merged.bam *.bam

# For extracting fastq files, the following steps are not required
# But if you want to use the BAM file directly you'll need to sort and index it to the correct reference sequence

samtools sort -o 999999.sorted.bam 99999_merged.bam
samtools index 999999.sorted.bam