new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  ##Clears the fastq description
  
  import sys
  
  from seqio import fastqIterator, fastqRecordToString
  
  if not len(sys.argv) == 2:
      sys.exit("clearFastqDescription.py in.fq\n")
  
  
  with open(sys.argv[1]) as fh:
      for record in fastqIterator(fh):
          clean_rec = record._replace(desc="")
          print fastqRecordToString(clean_rec)
  
subject: clear a fastq description field