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+import pybedtools
+
+
+def intersect_dfs(df1, df2, intersect_kwargs=None, read_table_names=None, other_read_table_kwargs=None):
+    """
+    Intersect two pandas DataFrames using pybedtools.intersect.
+
+    @param df1: file A
+    @type df1: pandas.DataFrame
+    @param df2: file B
+    @type df2: pandas.DataFrame
+    @param intersect_kwargs: kwargs passed to pybedtools.intersect
+    @type intersect_kwargs: dict
+    @param read_table_names: list of column names passed to pandas.read_table (instead of the default ones given by
+    pybedtools)
+    @type read_table_names: list[str]
+    @param other_read_table_kwargs: kwargs passed to pandas.read_table other than `header` and `names`
+    @type other_read_table_kwargs: dict
+    @return: intersected_df
+    @rtype: pandas.DataFrame
+    """
+    bed1 = pybedtools.BedTool.from_dataframe(df1)
+    bed2 = pybedtools.BedTool.from_dataframe(df2)
+
+    intersect_kwargs = {} if intersect_kwargs is None else intersect_kwargs
+
+    intersected_bed = bed1.intersect(bed2, **intersect_kwargs)
+
+    read_table_kwargs = {}
+    if read_table_names is not None:
+        read_table_kwargs["header"] = None
+        read_table_kwargs["names"] = read_table_names
+    if other_read_table_kwargs is not None:
+        read_table_kwargs.update(other_read_table_kwargs)
+
+    intersected_df = intersected_bed.to_dataframe(**read_table_kwargs)
+
+    return intersected_df