diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -138,9 +138,16 @@ Scythe adapter files that contain all possible barcodes concatenated
 with possible adapters, so that both can be recognized and
 removed. This has worked well and is recommended for cases when 3'-end
 quality deteriorates and prevents barcode removal. Newer Illumina
-chemistry has the barcode separated from the fragment, so that it
-appears as an entirely separate read and is used to demultiplex sample
-reads by Illumina's CASAVA pipeline.
+chemistry (TruSeq) has the barcode separated from the fragment, so
+that it appears as an entirely separate read that is used to
+demultiplex sample reads by Illumina's CASAVA pipeline. In case the 6
+bp sample IDs are not readily available, we have included a helper
+script to profile the IDs found in the forward reads of TruSeq data
+set (reverse reads are subject to contamination by a different adapter
+that doesn't contain variable sequence). Use this script as follows
+(e.g.):
+
+cat reads.fq | head -4000000 | perl profileTruSeqIDs.pl > IDsFound.txt
 
 ### Does Scythe work on 5'-end or other contaminants?
 
diff --git a/profileTruSeqIDs.pl b/profileTruSeqIDs.pl
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@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# AUTHOR: Joseph Fass <joseph.fass@gmail.com>
+# LAST REVISED: August 2012
+# The Bioinformatics Core at UC Davis Genome Center
+# http://bioinformatics.ucdavis.edu
+
+# profileTruSeqIDs.pl is the proprietary property of The Regents of
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+
+# searches for TruSeq adapters in fastq, extracts and counts the 6 bp
+# "barcodes," or multiplex identifiers
+
+while (<>) {
+	$seq = <>;
+	<>;
+	<>;
+	if ($seq =~ /AGATCGGAAGAGCACACGTCTGAACTCCAGTCAC([ACGT]{6})/) {
+	    $count{$1}++;
+	}
+}
+if (%count) {
+    foreach $ID (reverse sort {$count{$a}<=>$count{$b}} keys %count) {
+	print "$ID\t$count{$ID}\n";
+    }
+} else {
+    print "\nNo ID's found! Reads too short? Try visual inspection, with a shorter search string, like \"AGATCGGAAGAG\".\n\n";
+}