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

# fastaq\_interleave(1)

## NAME

fastaq\_interleave

## DESCRIPTION

 fastaq\_interleave \[options\] \<fasta/q 1\> \<fasta/q 2\> \<outfile\>

Interleaves two fasta/q files, so that reads are written alternately first/second in output file

### positional arguments:

- infile\_1

  Name of first input fasta/q file

- infile\_2

  Name of second input fasta/q file

- outfile

  Name of output fasta/q file of interleaved reads

### optional arguments:

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

  show this help message and exit

## AUTHOR

fastaq\_interleave 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.