#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.014; use strict; use warnings; { local $/ = "\n>"; while () { chomp; my ($top, $seq) = split /\n/, $_, 2; print '>' unless $. == 1; say $top; say $seq =~ y/\n//dr; } } __DATA__ > gi|11SB_CUCMA Train|1 21 MARSSLFTFLCLAVFINGCLSQIEQQSPWEFQGS EVWQQHRYQSPRACRLENLRAQDPVRLLLPGFSNAPKLIFV AQGFGIRGIAIPGCAETYQT SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.................... ........................... ................. .......... > gi|1A43_HUMAN Train|1 24 MAVMAPRTLVLLLSGALALTQTWAGSHSMRYFYTSVSRPG RGEPRFIAVGYVDDTQFVRFDSDAASQRMEPRAPWIEQEGPEYWSQTDRANLGTLRGYYNQSEDGSHTIQR MYGCDVGPDGRFLRGYQQDAYDGKDYIALNEDLRSWTAADMAAQITQRKWETAHEAE SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS......................................................................................... ............. ..........................................