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bqtools tutorial: Small fix
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src/content/bqtools-intro/steps/Step3.md

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<Execute command="ls -lh fastq/sample1_R1.fastq.gz sample1_R1.vbq sample1_R1.bq"/>
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> Note: In this case, on very small files, the BQ file is slightly smaller than the VBQ file.
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Because BQ does not use any compression (just two-bit encoding of nucleotides), it has a deterministic size from the number of nucleotides in the file.
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VBQ uses <Link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zstd">ZSTD</Link> encoding internally and depending on the nucleotide characteristics, the file size is non-deterministic but tends to be smaller than BQ in most cases and roughly the same size as <Link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRAM_(file_format)">CRAM</Link> files.

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