DESCRIPTION

 fastaq_split_by_base_count [options] <fasta/q in> <prefix of output files> <max_bases>

Splits a multi fasta/q file into separate files. Does not split sequences. Puts up to max_bases into each split file. The exception is that any sequence longer than max_bases is put into its own file.

positional arguments:

infile

Name of input fasta/q file to be split

outprefix

Name of output fasta/q file

max_bases

Max bases in each output split file

optional arguments:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--max_seqs INT

Max number of sequences in each output split file [no limit]

AUTHOR

fastaq_split_by_base_count 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.