How to convert ONT longread or illumina fastq to fasta file

Question

[K]

Hi,

Is there a way to convert ONT longread/illumina fastq to fasta file

Thank you

Answer 1

[GenoMax]

Using reformat.sh from BBMap suite

reformat.sh -Xmx4g in=your.fastq out=your.fa qin=33

If you have paired-end Illumina data then use

reformat.sh -Xmx4g in1=R1.fq.gz in2=R2.fq.gz out1=R1.fa out2=R2.fa 

Answer 2

[Mensur Dlakic]

IDBA assembler has a utility called fq2fa that does what you want.