---
name: "fastaq_deinterleave"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fastaq"
version: "1.5.0-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fastaq_deinterleave"
---

# fastaq\_deinterleave(1)

## NAME

fastaq\_deinterleave

## DESCRIPTION

 fastaq\_deinterleave \[options\] \<fasta/q in\> \<out\_fwd\> \<out\_rev\>

Deinterleaves fasta/q 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

### optional arguments:

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

  show this help message and exit

- **--fasta\_out**

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

## AUTHOR

fastaq\_deinterleave was originally written by Martin Hunt (mh12@sanger.ac.uk)

## COPYING

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Copyright © 2013 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.