Can we use CRAM files for Telomerecat?

Hi friends,

I am trying to use a tool called Telomerecat for estimating telomere length.

The tool takes BAM file as input.

I would like to use CRAM file as input instead of BAM files.

Anyone has tried it in the past using CRAM files? Because the bam files are ~ 100gb each. If I process 100-1000 storage is the issue.

I tried this command,

samtools view -T reference.fasta -b -h | Telomerecat bam2length - —output telomere_length.csv

This give me error.