fastaq_to_tiling_bam(1) Make a BAM file of reads uniformly spread across the input reference

DESCRIPTION

usage: fastaq_to_tiling_bam [options] <infile> <read_length> <read_step> <read_prefix> <outfile>

Takes a sequence file. Makes a BAM file containing perfect (unpaired) reads tiling the whole genome

positional arguments:

infile
Name of input fasta/q file
read_length
Length of reads
read_step
Distance between start of each read
read_prefix
Prefix of read names
outfile
Name of output BAM file

optional arguments:

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--qual_char QUAL_CHAR
Character to use for quality score [I]
--read_group READ_GROUP
Add the given read group ID to all reads [42]

Important: assumes that samtools is in your path