On Jan 16, 2012, at 23:33 , Christoph Hahn wrote: >> Via a detour: make a simple list of the reads you want to keep and use >> "convert_project -n" > Tried that. Created a file called list.txt containing a list of reads like > this: > @PCUS-319-EAS487_0005_FC:8:1:3863:1082#0/1 > [...] > then ran convert_project -f maf -t fastq -n list.txt readpool.maf test > again, the test.fastq file stays empty. See stdout below. What do I do wrong? The @ sign in FASTQ files is not part of the sequence identifier (aka: sequence name). See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTQ_format convert_project expects you to give names, therefore leave out the @ sign in that list: PCUS-319-EAS487_0005_FC:8:1:3863:1082#0/1 ... B. -- You have received this mail because you are subscribed to the mira_talk mailing list. For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://www.chevreux.org/mira_mailinglists.html