#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my $linesep_len = length($/); my $rec_len = length('ACATCACCTCCCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA') + $linesep_len; my $read_len = 1; my $skip_len = $rec_len - $read_len; binmode(DATA); seek(DATA, 10, 1) or die "seek error"; my $buf = ' ' x $read_len; while (read(DATA, $buf, $read_len) > 0) { print $buf, "\n"; seek(DATA, $skip_len, 1) or last; } __DATA__ ACATCACCTCCCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTCxCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTCsCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTCjCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTCcCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTCCCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTCCCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTCCCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTCCCACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA ACATCACCTC-CACAACGAGGACTACACCATCGTGGAACA