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How to decide which parameter to change for more quality results while trimming with Trimmomatic?

How to decide which parameter to change for more quality results while trimming with Trimmomatic? Which parameter is usually most commonly altered?

 PE [-version] [-threads <threads>] [-phred33|-phred64] [-trimlog 
<trimLogFile>] [-quiet] [-validatePairs] [-basein <inputBase> | 
<inputFile1> <inputFile2>] [-baseout <outputBase> | <outputFile1P> 
<outputFile1U> <outputFile2P> <outputFile2U>] <trimmer1>...
trimmomatic next-gen rna-seq

Stop opening multiple questions addressing the same topic in a short span of time - it is bad etiquette.

ok sorry this is my first time using it

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Don't overthink it, I once set my parameters to be

SLIDINGWINDOW:4:30 ILLUMINACLIP:adapter.fa:2:30:5

never needed to change those ... actually, I did change something, I moved to a different tool fastp

Actually it is a project and we are expected to change parameters:D

Then change them and learn what the project is meant to teach you - what these parameters mean.

then read the manual and learn what the parameters do

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