my $command = "java -jar $picard/MergeSamFiles.jar INPUT= $files_bam OUTPUT=$sample_name" . "-tmp-herc2.bam MERGE_SEQUENCE_DICTIONARIES=TRUE CREATE_INDEX=TRUE"; system($command); my $command = "java -jar $picard/MarkDuplicates.jar INPUT=$sample_name-tmp-herc2.bam OUTPUT=$sample_name-herc2.bam METRICS_FILE=tmp REMOVE_DUPLICATES=TRUE CREATE_INDEX=TRUE"; system($command); unlink "$sample_name-tmp-herc2.bam"; unlink "$sample_name-tmp-herc2.bai"; unlink "tmp";