my $INFILE_file_name = $file; # input file name open ( INFILE, '<', $INFILE_file_name ) or croak "$0 : failed to open input $INFILE_file_name : $!\n"; my $count = 0; my $seqlinec = 2; while ( ) { chomp; # Trying to catch line 2 of each chunk.. if ( $seqlinc eq $count ) { print "$_\n"; } $seqlinec += 4; } close ( INFILE ); # close input file