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

# fastaq\_to\_fasta(1)

## NAME

fastaq\_to\_fasta

## DESCRIPTION

 fastaq\_to\_fasta \<infile\> \<outfile\>

Converts sequence file to FASTA format

### positional arguments:

- infile

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

- outfile

  Name of output file

### optional arguments:

- **-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 \[60\]

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

  Remove everything after first whitesapce in every sequence name

## AUTHOR

fastaq\_to\_fasta 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.