Convert a ClearLabs fasta tarball on Linux

convert-fastas.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Untars the ClearLabs bulk download and converts it to a single FASTA suitable
+# for online sequence analyzers
+
+# Pull in the tarball name
+FASTAFILE=${1}
+
+# Determine what the nasty name is
+FASTANAME=$(basename -s .fastas.tar "$FASTAFILE")
+
+# Make a new folder to put everything in
+mkdir "$FASTANAME"
+
+# Untar the tarball
+tar -xf "$FASTAFILE" -C "$FASTANAME"
+
+# Smash all of the FASTAs together into a single file
+cat "$FASTANAME"/*.fasta > "$FASTANAME"/"$FASTANAME".fasta