FASTAQ-TO_FAKE_QUAL(1)

💖 FASTAQ-TO_FAKE_QUAL 💖

okay bestie, so you know how sometimes you need quality scores but you literally don't have any?? yeah. that's exactly what this little icon does. fastaq_to_fake_qual — she makes a fake quality scores file. that's it. that's the whole job. and she ate. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

fastaq_to_fake_qual — ngl, the name is the whole plot: she makes a fake quality scores file. no notes. 🔥

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

the vibe check, first thing you see:

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

Make fake quality scores file — periodt. you give her an input file, you give her an output file, she hands you back quality scores. are they real? no bestie. are they scores? absolutely. 🎀

🦋 positional arguments 🦋

these are required, okay? she's not gonna guess. 🙈

• infile — the name of the input file. the one you're feeding her. 🍓
• outfile — the name of the output file. the one she's gonna write. don't forget it, fr fr.

💜 options 💜

the lil extra knobs and dials. lowkey simple, highkey useful:

• -h, --help — shows this help message and then dips. classic. show this help message and exit.
• -q, --qual QUAL — the quality score to assign to all the bases. every single one. no favourites. the default is 40. 👑

ngl, if you don't pass -q, every base is getting a 40. that's just how she rolls. not a bug, it's the whole personality. ✨

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🫶 that's it, you're done 🫶

run it, get your fake quals, go live your main character life. she's not complicated and she's not sorry. 💖

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sign-off time, cuties: this is fastaq_to_fake_qual from version 3.17.0, dated January 2026, and it lives in the User Commands corner of the man page universe. mwah. 😘 🌈 ⭐