iter=500;
wait=50;
echo "Benchmark: timing $iter iterations of seqtk..."; 
for (( i=1; i<=$iter ;i++ )); 
	do time seqtk seq -A 3_OHara_S2_rbcLa_2019_minq7.fastq \
		> 3_OHara_S2_rbcLa_2019_minq7_seqtk.fasta ; 
done
sleep $wait;
echo "Benchmark: timing $iter iterations of seqkit..."; 
for (( i=1; i<=$iter ;i++ ));  
	do time seqkit fq2fa 3_OHara_S2_rbcLa_2019_minq7.fastq \
		-o 3_OHara_S2_rbcLa_2019_minq7_seqkit.fasta ; 
done
sleep $wait;
echo "Benchmark: timing $iter iterations of perl_regex..."; 
for (( i=1; i<=$iter ;i++ )); 
	do time ./fastq2a_regex_comp_in_func.pl 3_OHara_S2_rbcLa_2019_minq7.fastq \
		3_OHara_S2_rbcLa_2019_minq7_regex_comp_in_func.fasta; 
done
sleep $wait;
echo "Benchmark: timing $iter iterations of perl_flag..."; 
for (( i=1; i<=$iter ;i++ )); 
	do time ./fastq2a_flag.pl 3_OHara_S2_rbcLa_2019_minq7.fastq \
		3_OHara_S2_rbcLa_2019_minq7_flag.fasta; 
done