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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Submit heyfastq benchmarking jobs to Slurm."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import itertools
+import re
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+INPUTS = [
+    Path("/path/to/input_R1.fastq.gz"),
+    Path("/path/to/input_R2.fastq.gz"),
+]
+CMD = "trim-length"
+ARGS = "--length 100"
+THREADS = [1, 4, 16, 32]
+COMPRESSION = [1, 9]
+MEMORY = "8G"
+
+def _output_path(input_path: Path) -> Path:
+    return input_path.with_name(f"OUT_{input_path.name}")
+
+
+def _wrap_command(inputs: list[Path], outputs: list[Path], threads: int) -> str:
+    command_parts = [
+        "heyfastq",
+        CMD,
+        *shlex.split(ARGS),
+        "--threads",
+        str(threads),
+        "--input",
+        *(str(path) for path in inputs),
+        "--output",
+        *(str(path) for path in outputs),
+    ]
+    return " ".join(shlex.quote(part) for part in command_parts)
+
+
+def _job_name(threads: int, compression: int) -> str:
+    base = INPUTS[0].name.replace(".", "-")
+    return f"{CMD}-t{threads}-c{compression}-{base}"
+
+
+def submit_jobs() -> None:
+    outputs = [_output_path(path) for path in INPUTS]
+    job_ids = []
+
+    for threads, compression in itertools.product(THREADS, COMPRESSION):
+        wrap_command = _wrap_command(INPUTS, outputs, threads)
+        job_name = _job_name(threads, compression)
+        sbatch_command = [
+            "sbatch",
+            f"--job-name={job_name}",
+            f"--cpus-per-task={threads}",
+            f"--mem={MEMORY}",
+            f"--export=ALL,HFQ_GZIP_COMPRESSION={compression}",
+            "--wrap",
+            wrap_command,
+        ]
+        print("Submitting:", " ".join(shlex.quote(arg) for arg in sbatch_command))
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            sbatch_command,
+            check=True,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        stdout = result.stdout.strip()
+        match = re.search(r"Submitted batch job (\d+)", stdout)
+        if match:
+            job_ids.append(match.group(1))
+        else:
+            print("Warning: unable to parse job id from sbatch output:", stdout)
+    print("Submitted job IDs:", ", ".join(job_ids) if job_ids else "(none)")
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    submit_jobs()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()