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

# fastaq-deinterleave(1)

Splits interleaved paired file into two separate files

## NAME

fastaq\_deinterleave - Splits interleaved paired file into two separate files

## DESCRIPTION

usage: fastaq\_deinterleave \[options\] \<infile\> \<out\_fwd\> \<out\_rev\>

Deinterleaves sequence file, so that reads are written alternately between two output files

### positional arguments:

- infile

  Name of fasta/q file to be deinterleaved

- out\_fwd

  Name of output fasta/q file of forwards reads

- out\_rev

  Name of output fasta/q file of reverse reads

### options:

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

  show this help message and exit

- **--fasta\_out**

  Use this to write output as fasta (default is same as input)