my $seqio = new Bio::SeqIO( -file => "<(PRIVATE)/fastaUplist.fa", -format =>'fasta'); my $seq = $seqio->next_seq; my $primer3 = Bio::Tools::Primer3->new( -seq=>$seq, -path=>"(PRIVATE)/primer3_core" ); my $argref = $primer3->arguments(); print Dumper($argref);