---
name: "fastaq-caf_to_fastq"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fastaq"
version: "3.17.0-9"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fastaq-caf_to_fastq"
---

# fastaq-caf\_to\_fastq(1)

Converts a CAF file to FASTQ format

## NAME

fastaq\_caf\_to\_fastq - Converts a CAF file to FASTQ format

## DESCRIPTION

usage: fastaq\_caf\_to\_fastq \[options\] \<infile\> \<outfile\>

Converts CAF file to FASTQ format

### positional arguments:

- infile

  Name of input CAF file.

- outfile

  Name of output FASTQ file

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-c**, **--clip**

  Use clipping info to clip reads, if present in the input CAF file (as lines of the form "Clipping QUAL start end"). Default is to not clip

- **-l** INT, **--min\_length** INT

  Minimum length of sequence to output \[1\]