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+params.fastq = "$baseDir/data/fastq/*_{1,2}.fastq"
+
+log.info "fastq files : ${params.fastq}"
+
+Channel
+  .fromFilePairs( params.fastq )
+  .ifEmpty { error "Cannot find any fastq files matching: ${params.fastq}" }
+  .set { fastq_files }
+
+process adaptor_removal {
+  tag "$pair_id"
+  publishDir "results/fastq/adaptor_removal/", mode: 'copy'
+
+  input:
+  set pair_id, file(reads) from fastq_files
+
+  output:
+  file "*_cut_R{1,2}.fastq.gz" into fastq_files_cut
+
+  script:
+  """
+  cutadapt -a AGATCGGAAGAG -g CTCTTCCGATCT -A AGATCGGAAGAG -G CTCTTCCGATCT \
+  -o ${pair_id}_cut_R1.fastq.gz -p ${pair_id}_cut_R2.fastq.gz \
+  ${reads[0]} ${reads[1]} > ${pair_id}_report.txt
+  """
+}