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+"""Test Issue 7."""
+
+import pandas as pd
+from src.read_sequencing import read_sequencing
+
+
+def test_read_sequencing(tmpdir):
+    """Tests the output, input file name and separator."""
+    read_sequencing(
+        frag_file_name='./tests/resources/test_terminal_fragments.txt',
+        num_reads=80,
+        read_len=10,
+        num_seq_cyc=5,
+        output_file_name=tmpdir / 'reads.txt'
+    )
+    df_out = pd.read_table(tmpdir / 'reads.txt', header=None)
+    assert df_out.shape[0] == 80 * 5