my $infile = "rep_set_ass_tax.fna"; my $outfile = "seq_id.txt"; open my $in, '<', $infile or die "Can't read $infile; $!\n"; open my $out, '>>', $outfile or die "Can't read $outfile; $!\n"; while (my $line=<$in>) { if($line=~/^>/) { my @vettore=split(/\s+/, $line); print $out "$vettore[1]\n"; } }