johngg@shiraz:~/perl/Monks$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' open my $inFH, q{<}, \ <<__EOD__ or die $!; BOGUS PPI3_SYNY3 276 aa linear BCT 13-NOV-2019 __EOD__ chomp( my $line = <$inFH> ); close $inFH or die $!; my( $bogus, $acids ) = ( split m{\s+}, $line )[ 1, 2 ]; say qq{Bogus : $bogus\nNumber of amino acids : $acids};' Bogus : PPI3_SYNY3 Number of amino acids : 276