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+# Multichip-snakemake
+
+This a snakemake pipeline allowing to reconstruct the 6-chips data automatically
+
+## Installation
+
+## Running locally
+
+## Running on the cluster
+
+```
+ssh USERNAME@maestro.pasteur.fr
+snk
+snakemake --cluster "srun -c12" -j32 ~/Anchor/Lena/Data/20220531-MIC-e.coli-cipro/{1st,2nd}exp/final_table.csv --cores 12
+```
+In another terminal you can see the status of the jobs using sacct
+``` watch sacct```