#!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Please enter the filename of your file: "; $dnafilename = ; chomp $dnafilename; unless ( -e $dnafilename) { print "File \"$dnafilename\" doesn't seem to exist!!\n"; exit; } unless ( open(DNAFILE, $dnafilename) ) { print "Cannot open file \"$dnafilename\"\n\n"; exit; } while ( ) { next if (/fixedStep chrom=chrX start=(.+) step=1/); $counter = $1; } print "$counter\t$_\n"; close DNAFILE; exit;