FASTAQ-SORT_BY_SIZE(1)

✨ FASTAQ-SORT_BY_SIZE(1) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the User Commands section of the manual, and today's main character is fastaq_sort_by_size — she sorts your sequences by size and she does it flawlessly 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fastaq_sort_by_size — sorts sequences in length order 🦋

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

the vibe check:

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

Sorts sequences in length order. that's it, that's the whole personality. she takes your sequences and lines them up by how long they are. no cap. ✨

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💖 positional arguments:

• infile — the name of the input file, aka where your sequences are currently living 🏠
• outfile — the name of the output file, aka where the freshly sorted sequences get to move in ✨

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🫶 options:

• -h, --help — shows this help message and dips, i.e. it prints the help and exits 😌
• -r, --reverse — sorts by shortest first instead of the default, which is longest first. so if you want the lil guys up front, this is your girl 🔥

fr fr: if you don't pass -r, you get longest first. that's the default, periodt. 👑

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with love, from fastaq_sort_by_size 3.17.0, dated January 2026 🌈 go sort something gorgeous bestie, you got this 💜🧚