art_profiler_454 

DESCRIPTION

	art_profiler_454 is the tool to generate a 454 read profile from 454 sequencing data in the fastq format.

USAGE:
       	./art_profiler_454 input_fastq_files_dir output_profile_dir [fastq_filename_extension]
      		
	PARAMETERS 

	input_fastq_files_dir - directory containing all 454 read data files in the fastq format 

	output_profile_dir - directory to put read profile files generated by the program

	fastq_filename_extension - the filename extension of input fastq files


EXAMPLES:
       	perl art_profiler_454 454_dat_dir 454_profile_dir

	perl art_profiler_454 454_dat_dir 454_profile_dir fastq
		       
NOTES:
       	1) the default filename extension for fastq files is fq

	2) the program can read gzipped fastq data files with filename extension fq.gz

CONTACT:
	Weichun Huang at whduke@gmail.com
