NAME
fastaq_make_random_contigs
DESCRIPTION
fastaq_make_random_contigs [options] <number of sequences> <length of each sequence> <fasta out>
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
-
Nunber of contigs to make
- length
-
Length of each contig
- outfile
-
Name of output file
optional arguments:
- -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
AUTHOR
fastaq_make_random_contigs was originally written by Martin Hunt ([email protected])
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.