Cut Start

CutStart #

[[step]]
    action = "CutStart"
    n = 5 # positive integer, cut n nucleotides from the start of the read
    segment = "read1" # Any of your input segments
    if_tag = "mytag"

Cut nucleotides from the start of the read.

May produce empty reads; filter those with FilterEmpty.

Optionally only applies if a tag is truthy.