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.