Illumina data - coverage cap

[fbemm]

Hi Ryan,

I am using filtlong extensively as pipeline component and really like it. For a fully fledged assembly pipeline I use it with the Illumina read option. Due to different library sizes the memory footprint and runtime is often different. Would it makes sense to add a option that takes a total base count and stops reading Illumina data to speed things up and also keep the memory footprint for a given species uniform? Could also be done by specifying genome size and a target coverage. Gut feeling, its enough to have 40-50x coverage for a diploid. Otherwise one has to run through the file beforehand.

Cheers,
Felix