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Cutadapt

Cutadapt finds and removes adapter sequences, primers, poly-A tails and other types of unwanted sequence from your high-throughput sequencing reads.

License

Free to use and open source under MIT License

Available

  • Puhti: 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 4.6

Usage

On Puhti, the latest version of Cutadapt can be taken in use by loading the module:

module load cutadapt

You can check the available versions with the command:

module spider cutadapt

You can load a specific version with the command:

module load cutadapt/3.2

The basic syntax is:

cutadapt --help

Cutadapt should be run either in an interactive session or as a batch job.

Support

CSC Service Desk

More information

More information about Cutadapt can be found from the Cutadapt home page.