#! perl -slw use strict; $/ = '//'; while( ) { s[(?:\A|\n)\S{2}\s*][ ]smg; s[^\s+][]; print; } __DATA__ AB AAAA_BBBBB DE AC2-(EC 2.7.00.1) (Adaptor-associated DE protein 1). // ID CCCCC_DDDDD DE Serine/threonine-protein kinase (EC 2.7.99.1) (Tyrosine DE binding protein) (p35BP). PR AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. // ID RRRRR_GGGGG AC Q6Q8; DE Serine/threonine-aaaaaa kinase (Tyrosine DE kinase 1) (Apoptosis-associated tyrosine kinase) (AATYK) (Brain DE binding protein) (p35BP). PR xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. CD zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. // #### C:\test>junk AAAA_BBBBB AC2-(EC 2.7.00.1) (Adaptor-associated protein 1). CCCCC_DDDDD Serine/threonine-protein kinase (EC 2.7.99.1) (Tyrosine binding protein) (p35BP). AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. RRRRR_GGGGG Q6Q8; Serine/threonine-aaaaaa kinase (Tyrosine kinase 1) (Apoptosis-associated tyrosine kinase) (AATYK) (Brain binding protein) (p35BP). xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.