#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $filename = 'counts.txt'; open (my $fh, '+<', $filename) or die "Could not open '$filename' $!"; my $count = ""; while (<$fh>) { chomp; if ($_ =~ /^>hsa/) { $count .= length $_; $count .= " "; } } print $fh $count . "\n"; close $fh or die "Could not close '$filename' $!"; __END__ >hsa_circ_0000001|chr1:1080738-1080845-|None|None ATGGGGTTGGGTCAGCCGTGCGGTCAGGTCAGGTCGGCCATGAGGTCAGGTGGGGTCGGCCATGAAGGTGGTGGGGGTCATGAGGTCACAAGGGGGTCGGCCATGTG >hsa_circ_0000002|chr1:1158623-1159348-|NM_016176|SDF4 GGTGGATGTGAACACTGACCGGAAGATCAGTGCCAAGGAGATGCAGCGCTGGATCATGGAGAAGACGGCCGAGCACTTCCAGGAGGCCATGGAGGAGAGCAAGACACACTTCCGCGCCGTGGACCCTGACGGGGACGGTCACGTGTCTTGGGACGAGTATAAGGTGAAGTTTTTGGCGAGTAAAGGCCATAGCGAGAAGGAGGTTGCCGACGCCATCAGGCTCAACGAGGAACTCAAAGTGGATGAGGAAA 49 54