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| [emm-typing-tool](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/emm-typing-tool)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/emm-typing-tool)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/emm-typing-tool) |
| https://github.com/phe-bioinformatics/emm-typing-tool |
| [EToKi](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/etoki)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/etoki)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/etoki) | | https://github.com/zheminzhou/EToKi |
| [FastANI](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastani)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fastani)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastani) | - 1.1
- 1.32
- 1.33
- 1.33 + RGDv2
- [1.34](fastani/1.34)
- [1.34 + RGDv2](fastani/1.34-RGDV2/)
| https://github.com/ParBLiSS/FastANI |
-| [fasten](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fasten)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fasten)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fasten) | | https://github.com/lskatz/fasten |
+| [fasten](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fasten)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fasten)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fasten) | - [0.7.2](./fasten/0.7.2)
- [0.8.1](./fasten/0.8.1/)
| https://github.com/lskatz/fasten |
| [Fastp](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastp)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fastp)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastp) | - 0.23.2
- [0.23.4](fastp/0.23.4/)
| http://opengene.org/fastp/
https://github.com/OpenGene/fastp |
| [FastTree](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fasttree)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fasttree)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fasttree) | | http://www.microbesonline.org/fasttree/ |
| [FastQC](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastqc)
[![docker pulls](https://badgen.net/docker/pulls/staphb/fastqc)](https://hub.docker.com/r/staphb/fastqc) | | https://www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/projects/fastqc/
https://github.com/s-andrews/FastQC |
diff --git a/fasten/0.8.1/Dockerfile b/fasten/0.8.1/Dockerfile
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+# Heavily influenced by https://github.com/lskatz/fasten/blob/master/Dockerfile
+
+ARG FASTEN_VER="0.8.1"
+
+FROM rust:1.74 as builder
+
+ARG FASTEN_VER
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ ca-certificates \
+ linux-headers-amd64 \
+ git \
+ bc \
+ libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+ libseccomp-dev && \
+ apt-get autoclean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+RUN wget -q https://github.com/lskatz/fasten/archive/refs/tags/v${FASTEN_VER}.tar.gz && \
+ tar -xzf v${FASTEN_VER}.tar.gz && \
+ cd /fasten-${FASTEN_VER} && \
+ cargo build --release
+
+# just running some tests before moving on
+RUN cd /fasten-${FASTEN_VER} && \
+ cargo build && \
+ for test in tests/fasten*.sh ; do bash $test ; done
+
+FROM ubuntu:jammy as app
+
+ARG FASTEN_VER
+
+# 'LABEL' instructions tag the image with metadata that might be important to the user
+LABEL base.image="ubuntu:jammy"
+LABEL dockerfile.version="1"
+LABEL software="fasten"
+LABEL software.version="${FASTEN_VER}"
+LABEL description="Interleaved fastq file QC and manipulation"
+LABEL website="https://github.com/lskatz/fasten"
+LABEL license="https://github.com/lskatz/fasten/blob/master/LICENSE"
+LABEL maintainer="Erin Young"
+LABEL maintainer.email="eriny@utah.gov"
+
+COPY --from=builder /fasten-${FASTEN_VER}/target/release /usr/local/bin
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+ ca-certificates \
+ procps \
+ bsdmainutils \
+ wget && \
+ apt-get autoclean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+ENV PATH="$PATH" LC_ALL=C
+
+# runs --help on each tool while skipping the fasten files that end in .d
+CMD for tool in $(ls /usr/local/bin/fasten* | grep -v .d$) ; do $tool --help ; done
+
+WORKDIR /data
+
+FROM app as test
+
+WORKDIR /test
+
+RUN for tool in $(ls /usr/local/bin/fasten* | grep -v .d$) ; do $tool --help ; done
+
+# downloads some TB reads and does some basic QC on them
+RUN wget -q ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/ERR166/009/ERR1664619/ERR1664619_1.fastq.gz && \
+ wget -q ftp://ftp.sra.ebi.ac.uk/vol1/fastq/ERR166/009/ERR1664619/ERR1664619_2.fastq.gz && \
+ zcat ERR1664619_1.fastq.gz ERR1664619_2.fastq.gz | fasten_shuffle | fasten_metrics | column -t > fasten_metrics.txt && \
+ zcat ERR1664619_1.fastq.gz ERR1664619_2.fastq.gz | fasten_shuffle | fasten_clean --paired-end --min-length 2 | gzip -c > cleaned.shuffled.fastq.gz && \
+ head fasten_metrics.txt && wc -l ERR1664619_1.fastq.gz ERR1664619_2.fastq.gz cleaned.shuffled.fastq.gz
diff --git a/fasten/0.8.1/README.md b/fasten/0.8.1/README.md
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+# fasten container
+
+Main tool: [fasten](https://github.com/lskatz/fasten/tree/master)
+
+Code repository: https://github.com/lskatz/fasten
+
+Basic information on how to use this tool:
+- executable: fasten* (executables are found in `/usr/local/bin`)
+- help: --help
+- version: NA
+- description: |
+ > A powerful manipulation suite for interleaved fastq files. Executables can read/write to stdin and stdout, and they are compatible with the interleaved fastq format. This makes it much easier to perform streaming operations using unix pipes.
+
+There are several commands associated with fasten:
+|script |Description|
+|-------------------|-----------|
+|[`fasten_clean`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_clean) | Trims and cleans a fastq file.|
+|[`fasten_convert`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_convert) | Converts between different sequence formats like fastq, sam, fasta.|
+|[`fasten_straighten`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_straighten)| Convert any fastq file to a standard four-line-per-entry format.|
+|[`fasten_metrics`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_metrics) | Prints basic read metrics.|
+|[`fasten_pe`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_pe) | Determines paired-endedness based on read IDs.|
+|[`fasten_randomize`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_randomize) | Randomizes reads from input |
+|[`fasten_combine`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_combine) | Combines identical reads and updates quality scores.|
+|[`fasten_kmer`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_kmer) | Kmer counting.|
+|[`fasten_normalize`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_normalize) | Normalize read depth by using kmer counting.|
+|[`fasten_sample`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_sample) | Downsamples reads.|
+|[`fasten_shuffle`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_shuffle) | Shuffles or deshuffles paired end reads.|
+|[`fasten_validate`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_validate) | Validates your reads (deprecated in favor of `fasten_inspect` and `fasten_repair`|
+|[`fasten_inspect`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_inspect) | adds information to read IDs such as seqlength |
+|[`fasten_repair`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_repair) | Repairs corrupted reads |
+|[`fasten_quality_filter`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_quality_filter) | Transforms nucleotides to "N" if the quality is low | |
+|[`fasten_trim`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_trim) | Blunt-end trims reads | |
+|[`fasten_replace`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_replace) | Find and replace using regex | |
+|[`fasten_mutate`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_mutate) | introduce random mutations | |
+|[`fasten_regex`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_regex) | Filter for reads using regex | |
+|[`fasten_progress`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_progress) | Add progress to any place in the pipeline | |
+|[`fasten_sort`](https://lskatz.github.io/fasten/fasten_sort) | Sort fastq entries | |
+
+Full documentation: https://github.com/lskatz/fasten
+
+## Example Usage
+
+```bash
+cat testdata/R1.fastq testdata/R2.fastq | fasten_shuffle | fasten_metrics > fasten_metrics.txt
+zcat testdata/R1.fastq testdata/R2.fastq | fasten_shuffle | fasten_clean --paired-end --min-length 2 | gzip -c > cleaned.shuffled.fastq.gz
+```