Usage

The fastqStats script reads a single fastq file and prints information about the file onto the command line.


Command Line:

fastqStats is called with the following command line prompt:

$ fastqStats <file name>


Arguments:

The following is a list of arguments for fastqStats:

<file name>
Name of the file to read for information to be printed on the command line.


Example:

Running fastqStats on a file named 'file1.fastq':

$ fastqStats file1.fastq


Would result in the command line output:

Filename:       file1.fastq
Total reads:    24175
Total nt:       5654362
Mean length:    233.892947259566
Median length:  301
Mode length:    301
Max length:     301
Min length:     80
Length   # Reads
50       0
75       0
101      5919
151      1562
251      650
301      16044
1000     0