In a tool that I am writting I want to pass an input parameter value (string) into the output file's metadata. Meaning that one of the tool parameters is a barcode signature, 'NNWTGXN' for example. I want that attribute to be stored somehow in the output file in order to be read by a subsequent tool without the user having to set that parameter again.

The files I'll be working with are in FASTQ, BAM and tabular format. 

Is it possible?

Bests,

Nikos