#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; my %data; { local $/ = "\n>"; while () { $_ = substr $_, 1 if $. == 1; my ($ids, $seq, $lab) = split /\n/; my ($id1, $id2) = split /[|]/, $ids; push @{$data{"$id2-$seq"}}, [$id1, $lab]; } } # For DEMO use Data::Dump; dd \%data; __DATA__ >4kt0_M|P72986 MALSDTQILAALVVALLPAFLAFRLSTELYK iiiiiiiiiMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIII >6uzv_m|P72986 MALSDTQILAALVVALLPAFLAFRLSTELYK iiiiiiiiiiiiMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMII >5oy0_m|P72986 MALSDTQILAALVVALLPAFLAFRLSTELYK iiiiiiiiiMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIII >6hqb_M|P72986 MALSDTQILAALVVALLPAFLAFRLSTELYK iiiiiiiiiiiMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIII