1) Print the first 2 reads of a fastq file
head -n 8 SRR1570041_1.fastq
2) Print the last read of a fastq file
tail -n 4 SRR1570041_1.fastq
3) What chromosome in ecoli.fasta contains TCCAACTTATTGATAGTGTTTTATGTTCAGATAATGCCGATG?
less ecoli.fasta
/TCCAACTTATTGATAGTGTTTTATGTTCAGATAATGCCGATG
b
>NZ_CP013027.1 Escherichia coli strain 2009C-3133 plasmid unnamed3, complete sequence