====== How to sort a GFF file ======
Oftentimes, gff files are unsorted, with respect to the occurrence of features along the genome sequence. Some tool require, however, sorted gff files as input. This is how you sort them
===== Requirements =====
You need to have the genome tools package installed
conda install bioconda::genometools-genometools
===== Sorting the GFF =====
gt gff3 -sort -tidy YOURGFF.gff > YOURGFF_sorted.gff
The command assumes that your gff file is in gff3 format. Replace the 'YOURGFF.gff' with your actual filename