FASTAQ-ENUMERATE_NAMES(1)

✨ NAME ✨

fastaq_enumerate_names — bestie, this is the little legend that renames sequences in a file, calling them 1, 2, 3... etc 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the vibe: it goes through your file and gives every sequence a fresh new name, counting up from a number, like 1, 2, 3... and so on, periodt. no cap, it's that simple.

the usage is this:

usage: fastaq_enumerate_names [options] <infile> <outfile>

like, you hand it a file, it hands you back a file with all the names numbered. iconic behaviour honestly.

🎀 positional arguments:

• infile — the name of the fasta/q file to be read 🫶 like, this is the one you're feeding in, bestie.
• outfile — the name of the output fasta/q file. this is where the glow-up gets written ✨

💖 options:

• -h, --help — shows this help message and then exits. classic. 🎀
• --start_index START_INDEX — the starting number. the default is 1, so if you don't say anything it just starts counting from one like a good little program. if you want it to kick off somewhere else, say so here. 💜
• --rename_file RENAME_FILE — if you use this one, it'll write out a file mapping old name → new name. so cute, so useful, iykyk. 🦋
• --keep_suffix — use this to keep a /1 or /2 suffix at the end of each name. do NOT skip this if your reads are paired and you care about that suffix, fr fr. 🙈
• --suffix SUFFIX — adds the given string to the end of every single name. just tacks it right on there. 🍓

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ngl, the names get overwritten completely, so if you wanted to remember what they used to be — that's literally what --rename_file is for. main character foresight. 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 written by the fastaq_enumerate_names girlies, version 3.17.0, dated January 2026. slay, go number some sequences, you got this ✨💅🌈