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

# fastaq-to\_tiling\_bam(1)

Make a BAM file of reads uniformly spread across the input reference

## NAME

fastaq\_to\_tiling\_bam - Make a BAM file of reads uniformly spread across the input reference

## DESCRIPTION

usage: fastaq\_to\_tiling\_bam \[options\] \<infile\> \<read\_length\> \<read\_step\> \<read\_prefix\> \<outfile\>

Takes a sequence file. Makes a BAM file containing perfect (unpaired) reads tiling the whole genome

### positional arguments:

- infile

  Name of input fasta/q file

- read\_length

  Length of reads

- read\_step

  Distance between start of each read

- read\_prefix

  Prefix of read names

- outfile

  Name of output BAM file

### options:

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

  show this help message and exit

- **--qual\_char** QUAL\_CHAR

  Character to use for quality score \[I\]

- **--read\_group** READ\_GROUP

  Add the given read group ID to all reads \[42\]

Important: assumes that samtools is in your path