def _remove_regions(in_file, remove_beds, ext, data):
    """Subtract a list of BED files from an input BED.

    General approach handling none, one and more remove_beds.
    """
    from bcbio.variation import bedutils
    out_file = "%s-%s.bed" % (utils.splitext_plus(in_file)[0], ext)
    if not utils.file_uptodate(out_file, in_file):
        with file_transaction(data, out_file) as tx_out_file:
            with bedtools_tmpdir(data):
                if len(remove_beds) == 0:
                    to_remove = None
                elif len(remove_beds) == 1:
                    to_remove = remove_beds[0]
                else:
                    to_remove = "%s-all.bed" % utils.splitext_plus(tx_out_file)[0]
                    with open(to_remove, "w") as out_handle:
                        for b in remove_beds:
                            with utils.open_gzipsafe(b) as in_handle:
                                for line in in_handle:
                                    parts = line.split("\t")
                                    out_handle.write("\t".join(parts[:4]).rstrip() + "\n")
                    if utils.file_exists(to_remove):
                        to_remove = bedutils.sort_merge(to_remove, data)
                if to_remove and utils.file_exists(to_remove):
                    cmd = "bedtools subtract -nonamecheck -a {in_file} -b {to_remove} > {tx_out_file}"
                    do.run(cmd.format(**locals()), "Remove problematic regions: %s" % ext)
                else:
                    utils.symlink_plus(in_file, out_file)
    return out_file
Subtract a list of BED files from an input BED.

    General approach handling none, one and more remove_beds.