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

# fastaq-to\_fasta(1)

Converts a variety of input formats to nicely formatted FASTA format

## NAME

fastaq\_to\_fasta - Converts a variety of input formats to nicely formatted FASTA format

## DESCRIPTION

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

Converts a variety of input formats to nicely formatted FASTA format

### positional arguments:

- infile

  Name of input file. Can be any of FASTA, FASTQ, GFF3, EMBL, GBK, Phylip

- outfile

  Name of output file

### options:

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

  show this help message and exit

- **-l** LINE\_LENGTH, **--line\_length** LINE\_LENGTH

  Number of bases on each sequence line of output file. Set to zero for no linebreaks in sequences \[60\]

- **-s**, **--strip\_after\_whitespace**

  Remove everything after first whitespace in every sequence name

- **-u**, **--check\_unique**

  Die if any of the output sequence names are not unique