Description

Removes adapter sequences from sequencing reads

Input

name:type
description
pattern

meta

:map

Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:‘test’, single_end:false ]

reads

:file

List of input FastQ files of size 1 and 2 for single-end and paired-end data, respectively.

*.{fq,fastq,fq.gz,fastq.gz}

Output

name:type
description
pattern

reads

meta

:map

Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:‘test’, single_end:false ]

*.trim.fastq.gz

:file

The trimmed/modified fastq reads

*fastq.gz

log

meta

:map

Groovy Map containing sample information e.g. [ id:‘test’, single_end:false ]

*.log

:file

cutadapt log file

*cutadapt.log

versions_cutadapt

${task.process}

:string

The name of the process

cutadapt

:string

The name of the tool

cutadapt --version

:eval

The expression to obtain the version of the tool

Topics

name:type
description
pattern

versions

${task.process}

:string

The name of the process

cutadapt

:string

The name of the tool

cutadapt --version

:eval

The expression to obtain the version of the tool

Tools

cutadapt
MIT

Cutadapt finds and removes adapter sequences, primers, poly-A tails and other types of unwanted sequence from your high-throughput sequencing reads.