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.TH FASTAQ-SPLIT_BY_BASE_COUNT "1" "July 2017" "fastaq 3.14.0" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
fastaq_split_by_base_count \- Split multi sequence file into separate files
.SH DESCRIPTION
usage: fastaq_split_by_base_count [options] <infile> <outprefix> <max_bases>
.PP
Splits a multi sequence 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.
.SS "positional arguments:"
.TP
infile
Name of input file to be split
.TP
outprefix
Name of output file
.TP
max_bases
Max bases in each output split file
.SS "optional arguments:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
show this help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-max_seqs\fR INT
Max number of sequences in each output split file [no limit]