/^SEQRES[\s]{2,5}1\s/ #### /^SEQRES[\s]{2,5}2\s/ #### while ($line=, $line ne ~/^SEQRES[\s]{2,5}2\s/) { chomp $line; if ($line=~/^SEQRES[\s]{2,5}1\s/) { print "$line\n"; print OUTFILE ("$line\n"); } }