NAME
fastaq_make_random_contigs - Make contigs of random sequence
DESCRIPTION
usage: fastaq_make_random_contigs [options] <contigs> <length> <outfile>
Makes a multi-FASTA file of random sequences, all of the same length. Each base has equal chance of being A,C,G or T
positional arguments:
- contigs
-
Number of contigs to make
- length
-
Length of each contig
- outfile
-
Name of output file
options:
- -h, --help
-
show this help message and exit
- --first_number FIRST_NUMBER
-
If numbering the sequences, the first sequence gets this number [1]
- --name_by_letters
-
Name the contigs A,B,C,... will start at A again if you get to Z
- --prefix PREFIX
-
Prefix to add to start of every sequence name
- --seed SEED
-
Seed for random number generator. Default is to use python's default