converts FASTA file to tabular format fasta_to_tabular.py $input $output $keep_first

**What it does** This tool converts FASTA formatted sequences to TAB-delimited format. The option *How many characters to keep?* allows to select a specified number of letters from the beginning of each FASTA entry. ----- **Example** Suppose you have the following FASTA formatted sequences from a Roche (454) FLX sequencing run:: >EYKX4VC02EQLO5 length=108 xy=1826_0455 region=2 run=R_2007_11_07_16_15_57_ TCCGCGCCGAGCATGCCCATCTTGGATTCCGGCGCGATGACCATCGCCCGCTCCACCACG TTCGGCCGGCCCTTCTCGTCGAGGAATGACACCAGCGCTTCGCCCACG >EYKX4VC02D4GS2 length=60 xy=1573_3972 region=2 run=R_2007_11_07_16_15_57_ AATAAAACTAAATCAGCAAAGACTGGCAAATACTCACAGGCTTATACAATACAAATGTAA Running this tool while setting **How many characters to keep?** to **14** will produce this:: EYKX4VC02EQLO5 TCCGCGCCGAGCATGCCCATCTTGGATTCCGGCGCGATGACCATCGCCCGCTCCACCACGTTCGGCCGGCCCTTCTCGTCGAGGAATGACACCAGCGCTTCGCCCACG EYKX4VC02D4GS2 AATAAAACTAAATCAGCAAAGACTGGCAAATACTCACAGGCTTATACAATACAAATGTAA