or download this
open (my $file1,"<$dir/seq.results") or die "cannot open "$dir/seq.res
+ults";
open (my $file2,">$dir/seq.out") or die "cannot open $dir/seq.out" for
+ write";
...
$started =1 if (m/^\*/); #first line starting with * is seen
print $file2 "$_" if $started;
}