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fastq_masker(1)

fastq_masker1

Masks nucleotides with 'n' (or other character) based on quality

Overview

usage: fastq_masker [-h] [-v] [-q N] [-r C] [-z] [-i INFILE] [-o OUTFILE] Part of FASTX Toolkit 0.0.14 by A. Gordon ([email protected])

[-h]

= This helpful help screen.

[-q N]

= Quality threshold - nucleotides with lower quality will be masked

Default is 10.

[-r C]

= Replace low-quality nucleotides with character C. Default is 'N'

[-z]

= Compress output with GZIP.

[-i INFILE]

= FASTQ input file. default is STDIN.

[-o OUTFILE] = FASTQ output file. default is STDOUT. [-v] = Verbose - report number of sequences.

If [-o] is specified,

report will be printed to STDOUT.

If [-o] is not specified (and output goes to STDOUT), report will be printed to STDERR.

[-Q N]

= FASTQ ASCII offset. Default is 33.

History

  • Debian 10 (Buster): the text shown here
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)

From fastx-toolkit 0.0.14-6 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.