I would like to manually edit a Fastq file using Bash to multiple similar lines.
In Fastq files a sequence read starts on line 2 and then is found every fourth line (ie lines 2,6,10,14...).
I would like to create an edited text file that is identical to a Fastq file except the first 6 characters of the sequencing reads are trimmed off.
Unedited Fastq:
@M03017:21:000000000
GAGAGATCTCTCTCTCTCTCT
+
111>>B1FDFFF
Edited Fastq:
@M03017:21:000000000
TCTCTCTCTCTCTCT
+
111>>B1FDFFF