diff --git a/python/expandedSummaryToGeli.py b/python/expandedSummaryToGeli.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import farm_commands
+import os.path
+import sys
+import re
+
+
+def grepFile(string, file):
+    return grep(string, file.readlines())
+
+def grep(string, list):
+    expr = re.compile(string)
+    return [elem for elem in list if expr.match(elem)]
+
+callFile = open(sys.argv[1])
+pileupFileName = sys.argv[2]
+
+for line in callFile:
+# note: file is a .csv; so comma delimited with headers
+# chr:position,alleles,gene,type,rs#,base_chg,annot,dist,pop_nr_freq,f_nr_case,f_nr_con,chisqstat_assoc,lrt_stat,f+,f-,SLOD,p_val,min_snp_dist,min_amp_dist,num_sig_pools,mean_worst_dir_nonref, ...
+# ..., max_worst_dir_nonref,mean_diff_dir_nonref,max_diff_dir_nonref,mean_other/minor,max_other/minor,mean_frac_non_concord,max_frac_non_concord,mean_combined_lod,max_combined_lod,mean_cov_tot, ...
+# ..., max_cov_tot,mean_cov_diff,max_cov_diff,mean_lod,max_lod,mean_lod_diff,max_lod_diff,mean_lod_diff_norm,max_lod_diff_norm,target_name,sig_pools
+
+# call file assumed already to have been split by pool
+
+# pileupFile is a .bam.coverage file from the pooled pipeline
+
+# call file isn't sorted by chr:position 
+    if line.startswith("chr:pos"):
+        continue
+    elif not line.startswith("chr"):
+        continue
+    else:
+        #print(line)
+        entries = line.split(",")
+        chrompos = entries.pop(0) # (now 'alleles' is 0-element)
+        variant = entries.pop(0) # (now 'gene' is 0-element)
+        #print(chrompos)
+        #print(variant)
+        #change format of "chr:pos" to "chr pos" for lookup
+        #somehow this next line don't work
+        #chrompos.replace(":"," ")
+        g = chrompos.split(":");
+        chrompos = g.pop(0)+" "+g.pop(0)
+        #print(chrompos)
+        pileupLine = grepFile(chrompos,open(pileupFileName))
+        #print(pileupLine)
+        # line is
+        # chr pos ref num_A num_C num_G num_T
+        if not pileupLine:
+            continue
+        else:
+            pileupLine = pileupLine.pop(0)
+            #print(pileupLine)
+            pileupList = pileupLine.split(" ")
+            ref = pileupList.pop(2) # now num_A is 2
+            num_A = int(pileupList.pop(2))
+            num_C = int(pileupList.pop(2))
+            num_G = int(pileupList.pop(2))
+            num_T = int(pileupList.pop(2))
+            depth = num_A+num_C+num_G+num_T
+            # output is
+            # chr pos ref depth mapping call btr btnb AA AC AG AT CC CG CT GG GT TT
+            outStr = chrompos+" "+ref+" "+str(depth)+" 5 "+variant+" -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -10 -11 -12"
+            print(outStr)