my $dna = q(accatgagctgtacgtagcatctgagcgcgcatgactgtgactgacgtaggcagca); my $skip = 10; { local ($/, $\) = (\10, "\n"); open my $chain, '<', \substr($dna, $skip) or die $!; print while <$chain>; close $chain or die $!; }