README

fastqcheck is a program that reads fastq files (sequencing data:
http://maq.sourceforge.net/fastq.shtml).

It generates statistics about the files (for example, how many reads and bases
there were).

It can be used as a validator of fastq files (though is perhaps stricter that
the spec).


Usage:
$ fastqcheck lane1.fastq > lane1.fastq.fastqcheck
$ gunzip -c lane1.fastq.gz | fastqcheck > lan1.fastq.gz.fastqcheck


Compilation:
gcc -std=c99 readseq.c fastqcheck.c -o fastqcheck -lm

Then simply include the resulting fastqcheck executable in your $PATH.




COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
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Copyright (c) 1993, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013 Genome Research Limited.

This file is part of fastqcheck.

fastqcheck 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.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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