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FastQC 0.11.2: Where is the fastqc_data.txt file?

In the new version of FastQC (0.11.2) I cannot find the fastqc_data.txt file. Has anyone an idea of how to create it? Is there an option to set? Or is it gone for good?

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What was that file used for?

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Problem solved. I added --extract to automatically extract the .zip file and then the fastqc_data.txt file appears again.

The fastqc_data.txt file is still there unpack .zip file.

That was the first place I searched for it. But in my .zip file there is no fastqc_data.txt. Did you use version 0.11.2?

Yes:

$ fastqc -v
​FastQC v0.11.2
$
$ fastqc S12_2U.fq
$ 
$ zip -sf S12_2U_fastqc.zip | grep data
  S12_2U_fastqc/fastqc_**data**.txt

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