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Mean read length from a fastq file

Hi biostars, I have a question about calculating the median read length from a fastq file. Is there a way to calculate this using samtools or awk? Are there any command lines for these two?

fastq samtools awk

1 answer

See: Calculatio median in a Fastq file using bioawk/awk

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