use warnings; print "Please enter the cns file:\n"; chomp($t = ); open(THE, $t) or die "Can not open file: $!\n"; @data = ; close THE; $sequence = ''; $end = 0; foreach $line (@data) { if ($line =~ /^\@/) { $chro = $line; } elsif ($line =~ /^[a-zA-Z]/) { $sequence .= $line; } else { $end++ } } $sequence =~ s/\s*$//g; print $chro, "\n"; print $sequence, "\n";