SEQanswers - View Single Post - number of read in RNA-seq?

kwatts59 · 07-12-2011, 12:14 PM

Try the LINUX command "wc -l <filename>". This will count the number of lines in the file. If the file is in fastq format, you will have to divide the number of lines by 4. This will give you the number of reads.

07-12-2011, 12:14 PM	#2
kwatts59 Member Location: nevada Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 46	Try the LINUX command "wc -l <filename>". This will count the number of lines in the file. If the file is in fastq format, you will have to divide the number of lines by 4. This will give you the number of reads.