Join forward and reverse reads end-to-end after reverse-complementing the reverse read.
If a final length is specified, a gap of the appropriate size will be inserted in the middle.
Run python joinFq.py -h for the usage message.
Note that this script does not look for overlaps and will fail if the desired final length is less than the sum of the input lengths.
First install python modules via PIP
NumPy
pip install NumPy
BioPython
pip install Biopython