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     --sam-omit-prim-seq
 
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 When printing primary alignments, Bowtie 2 by default will write out
 the `SEQ` and `QUAL` strings. Specifying this option causes Bowtie 2 to
 print an asterisk in those fields instead.
 
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     --omit-sec-seq
 
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