hlw@skarrow:~/khmer/scripts/ $ python normalize-by-median.py -f -k 17 -x 1 ../tests/test-data/test-fastq-reads.fq

|| This is the script 'normalize-by-median.py' in khmer.
|| You are running khmer version 1.1-117-g2482a3e
|| You are also using screed version 0.7
||
|| If you use this script in a publication, please cite EACH of the following:
||
||   * MR Crusoe et al., 2014. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.979190
||   * CT Brown et al., arXiv:1203.4802 [q-bio.GN]
||
|| Please see the CITATION file for details.


PARAMETERS:
 - kmer size =    17 		(-k)
 - n tables =     4 		(-N)
 - min tablesize =     1 	(-x)

Estimated memory usage is 4 bytes (n_tables x min_tablesize)
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making k-mer counting table
DONE with ../tests/test-data/test-fastq-reads.fq; kept 6 of 100 or  6%
output in test-fastq-reads.fq.keep
fp rate estimated to be 1.000
**
** ERROR: the k-mer counting table is too small for this data set. Increase tablesize/# tables.
**
** Do not use these results!!