Simple Python script for parsing and inspecting BAM and BAI-files, closely following the BAM specification

Python >= 3.8

No thirdparty dependencies

python inspect_bam.py BAM_OR_BAI [--fast]

Intended to debug issues with BAM/BAI-files (with your own necessary modifications).

Can also be used as a tool to understand the BAM specification

Note that it is incomplete w.r.t. parsing seq, qual and auxiliary data.