NAME¶

DESCRIPTION¶

-i, --in1

read1 input file name (string [=])

-o, --out1

read1 output file name (string [=])

-I, --in2

read2 input file name (string [=])

-O, --out2

read2 output file name (string [=])

-6, --phred64

indicate the input is using phred64 scoring (it'll be converted to phred33, so the output will still be phred33)

-z, --compression

compression level for gzip output (1 ~ 9). 1 is fastest, 9 is smallest, default is 4. (int [=4])

--stdin

input from STDIN. If the STDIN is interleaved paired-end FASTQ, please also add --interleaved_in.

--stdout

stream passing-filters reads to STDOUT. This option will result in interleaved FASTQ output for paired-end input. Disabled by default.

--interleaved_in

indicate that <in1> is an interleaved FASTQ which contains both read1 and read2. Disabled by default.

--reads_to_process

specify how many reads/pairs to be processed. Default 0 means process all reads. (int [=0])

--dont_overwrite

don't overwrite existing files. Overwritting is allowed by default.

-V, --verbose

output verbose log information (i.e. when every 1M reads are processed).

-A, --disable_adapter_trimming

adapter trimming is enabled by default. If this option is specified, adapter trimming is disabled

-a, --adapter_sequence

the adapter for read1. For SE data, if not specified, the adapter will be auto-detected. For PE data, this is used if R1/R2 are found not overlapped. (string [=auto])

--adapter_sequence_r2

the adapter for read2 (PE data only). This is used if R1/R2 are found not overlapped. If not specified, it will be the same as <adapter_sequence> (string [=auto])

--detect_adapter_for_pe

by default, the auto-detection for adapter is for SE data input only, turn on this option to enable it for PE data.

-f, --trim_front1

trimming how many bases in front for read1, default is 0 (int [=0])

-t, --trim_tail1

trimming how many bases in tail for read1, default is 0 (int [=0])

-b, --max_len1

if read1 is longer than max_len1, then trim read1 at its tail to make it as long as max_len1. Default 0 means no limitation (int [=0])

-F, --trim_front2

trimming how many bases in front for read2. If it's not specified, it will follow read1's settings (int [=0])

-T, --trim_tail2

trimming how many bases in tail for read2. If it's not specified, it will follow read1's settings (int [=0])

-B, --max_len2

if read2 is longer than max_len2, then trim read2 at its tail to make it as long as max_len2. Default 0 means no limitation. If it's not specified, it will follow read1's settings (int [=0])

-g, --trim_poly_g

force polyG tail trimming, by default trimming is automatically enabled for Illumina NextSeq/NovaSeq data

--poly_g_min_len

the minimum length to detect polyG in the read tail. 10 by default. (int [=10])

-G, --disable_trim_poly_g

disable polyG tail trimming, by default trimming is automatically enabled for Illumina NextSeq/NovaSeq data

-x, --trim_poly_x

enable polyX trimming in 3' ends.

--poly_x_min_len

the minimum length to detect polyX in the read tail. 10 by default. (int [=10])

-5, --cut_front

move a sliding window from front (5') to tail, drop the bases in the window if its mean quality < threshold, stop otherwise.

-3, --cut_tail

move a sliding window from tail (3') to front, drop the bases in the window if its mean quality < threshold, stop otherwise.

-r, --cut_right

move a sliding window from front to tail, if meet one window with mean quality < threshold, drop the bases in the window and the right part, and then stop.

-W, --cut_window_size

the window size option shared by cut_front, cut_tail or cut_sliding. Range: 1~1000, default: 4 (int [=4])

-M, --cut_mean_quality

the mean quality requirement option shared by cut_front, cut_tail or cut_sliding. Range: 1~36 default: 20 (Q20) (int [=20])

--cut_front_window_size

the window size option of cut_front, default to cut_window_size if not specified (int [=4])

--cut_front_mean_quality

the mean quality requirement option for cut_front, default to cut_mean_quality if not specified (int [=20])

--cut_tail_window_size

the window size option of cut_tail, default to cut_window_size if not specified (int [=4])

--cut_tail_mean_quality

the mean quality requirement option for cut_tail, default to cut_mean_quality if not specified (int [=20])

--cut_right_window_size

the window size option of cut_right, default to cut_window_size if not specified (int [=4])

--cut_right_mean_quality

the mean quality requirement option for cut_right, default to cut_mean_quality if not specified (int [=20])

-Q, --disable_quality_filtering

quality filtering is enabled by default. If this option is specified, quality filtering is disabled

-q, --qualified_quality_phred

the quality value that a base is qualified. Default 15 means phred quality >=Q15 is qualified. (int [=15])

-u, --unqualified_percent_limit

how many percents of bases are allowed to be unqualified (0~100). Default 40 means 40% (int [=40])

-n, --n_base_limit

if one read's number of N base is >n_base_limit, then this read/pair is discarded. Default is 5 (int [=5])

-L, --disable_length_filtering

length filtering is enabled by default. If this option is specified, length filtering is disabled

-l, --length_required

reads shorter than length_required will be discarded, default is 15. (int [=15])

--length_limit

reads longer than length_limit will be discarded, default 0 means no limitation. (int [=0])

-y, --low_complexity_filter

enable low complexity filter. The complexity is defined as the percentage of base that is different from its next base (base[i] != base[i+1]).

-Y, --complexity_threshold

the threshold for low complexity filter (0~100). Default is 30, which means 30% complexity is required. (int [=30])

--filter_by_index1

specify a file contains a list of barcodes of index1 to be filtered out, one barcode per line (string [=])

--filter_by_index2

specify a file contains a list of barcodes of index2 to be filtered out, one barcode per line (string [=])

--filter_by_index_threshold

the allowed difference of index barcode for index filtering, default 0 means completely identical. (int [=0])

-c, --correction

enable base correction in overlapped regions (only for PE data), default is disabled

--overlap_len_require

the minimum length of the overlapped region for overlap analysis based adapter trimming and correction. 30 by default. (int [=30])

--overlap_diff_limit

the maximum difference of the overlapped region for overlap analysis based adapter trimming and correction. 5 by default. (int [=5])

-U, --umi

enable unique molecular identifier (UMI) preprocessing

--umi_loc

specify the location of UMI, can be (index1/index2/read1/read2/per_index/per_read, default is none (string [=])

--umi_len

if the UMI is in read1/read2, its length should be provided (int [=0])

--umi_prefix

if specified, an underline will be used to connect prefix and UMI (i.e. prefix=UMI, UMI=AATTCG, final=UMI_AATTCG). No prefix by default (string [=])

--umi_skip

if the UMI is in read1/read2, fastp can skip several bases following UMI, default is 0 (int [=0])

-p, --overrepresentation_analysis

enable overrepresented sequence analysis.

-P, --overrepresentation_sampling

one in (--overrepresentation_sampling) reads will be computed for overrepresentation analysis (1~10000), smaller is slower, default is 20. (int [=20])

-j, --json

the json format report file name (string [=fastp.json])

-h, --html

the html format report file name (string [=fastp.html])

-R, --report_title

should be quoted with ' or ", default is "fastp report" (string [=fastp report])

-w, --thread

worker thread number, default is 2 (int [=2])

-s, --split

split output by limiting total split file number with this option (2~999), a sequential number prefix will be added to output name ( 0001.out.fq, 0002.out.fq...), disabled by default (int [=0])

-S, --split_by_lines

split output by limiting lines of each file with this option(>=1000), a sequential number prefix will be added to output name ( 0001.out.fq, 0002.out.fq...), disabled by default (long [=0])

-d, --split_prefix_digits

the digits for the sequential number padding (1~10), default is 4, so the filename will be padded as 0001.xxx, 0 to disable padding (int [=4])

--cut_by_quality5

DEPRECATED, use --cut_front instead.

--cut_by_quality3

DEPRECATED, use --cut_tail instead.

--cut_by_quality_aggressive

DEPRECATED, use --cut_right instead.

-?, --help

print this message

SEE ALSO¶

info fastp

should give you access to the complete manual.