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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Given a pattern from sys.argv, read FASTQ from stdin,
+and print FASTQ reads that contain an exact sequence match to stdout.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import sys
+import argparse
+from Bio import SeqIO
+from Bio.Seq import Seq
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Extract a subset of FASTQ reads by sequence',
+        epilog='Given a set of FASTQ sequence identifiers from sys.argv, '
+        'read FASTQ from stdin, and print FASTQ that contain an '
+        'exact sequence match to stdout.')
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--pattern', nargs=1, 
+         help='Wanted read sequence pattern. Only give one pattern.')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    pattern = Seq(args.pattern[0])
+
+    found = []
+
+    if pattern:
+        for sequence in SeqIO.parse(sys.stdin, 'fastq'):
+            if pattern in sequence.seq:
+                found.append(sequence)
+
+        if found:
+            SeqIO.write(found, sys.stdout, 'fastq')
+            print('Found %d sequences.' % len(found), file=sys.stderr)
+
+        else:
+            print('WARNING: Sequence with pattern %s not found' % (
+                  pattern), file=sys.stderr)
+    else:
+        # No wanted patterns were given.
+        parser.print_help(sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
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