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Merge two .fastq files from two different lane

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How to Merge two .fastq files from two different lane using cat command with bash for loop. My file name looks like this

> RFNB-2939_S193_L001_R1_001.fastq,  RFNB-2939_S193_L002_R1_001.fastq, 
> RFNB-2951_S194_L001_R1_001.fastq,  RFNB-2951_S194_L002_R1_001.fastq.

Thanks in advance

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updated by GenoMax GenoMax • written by k.kathirvel93 k.kathirvel93

yes, and the issue/problem being ?

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written by lieven.sterck lieven.sterck

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from two different lane using cat command with bash for loop

Answers here: Concatenating fastq.gz files across lanes

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written by GenoMax GenoMax

that is what cat does, concatenates

Concatenate a,b into c

cat a b > c

in your case:

cat RFNB-2939_S193_L001_R1_001.fastq RFNB-2939_S193_L002_R1_001.fastq > RFNB-2939_S193.fq 

cat RFNB-2951_S194_L001_R1_001.fastq RFNB-2951_S194_L002_R1_001.fastq > RFNB-2951_S194.fq
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written by Istvan Albert Istvan Albert

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