From 184e8d5b8a384b18394e4f7ffb20aea575e5a8d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wouter De Coster <decosterwouter@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:04:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

add note on speed of decompression while piping
---
 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04d6e0c..a4cc9db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ chopper -q 10 -l 500 -i reads.fastq > filtered_reads.fastq
 chopper -q 10 -l 500 -i reads.fastq.gz | gzip > filtered_reads.fastq.gz
 ```
 
+Note that the tool may be substantially slower in the third example above, and piping while decompressing is recommended (as in the first example). 
+
 ## CITATION
 
 If you use this tool, please consider citing our [publication](https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/39/5/btad311/7160911).