Hi all, I have a file in which there is a sequence of text just like this

>NM_030643.4 Homo sapiens apolipoprotein L4 (APOL4) 
 GAGGTGCTGGGGAGCAGCGTGTTTGCTGTGCTTGATTGTGAGCTGCTGGGAAGTTGTGACTTTCATTTT
+A
 CCTTTCGAATTCCTGGGTATATCTTGGGGGCTGGAGGACGTGTCTGGTTATTATATAGGTGCACAGCTG
+G
 AGGTGAGATCCACACAGCTCAGACCAGCTGGATCTTGCTCAGTCTCTGTCAGAGGAAGATCCCTTGGAG
+G
 AGGCCCCGCAGCGACATGGAGGGAGCTGCTTTGCTGAAAATCTTTGTCGTCTGCATCTGGAACCAAAAT
+C
 >NM_001198855.1 Homo sapiens cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily C mem
+ber 8 (CYP2C8)
 ACATGTCAAAGAGACACACACTAAATTAGCAGGGAGTGTTATAAAAACTTTGGAGTGCAAGCTCACAGC
+T
 GTCTTAATAAGAAGAGAAGGCTTCAATGGAACCTTTTGTGGTCCTGGTGCTGTGTCTCTCTTTTATGCT
+T
 CTCTTTTCACTCTGGAGACAGAGCTGTAGGAGAAGGAAGCTCCCTCCTGGCCCCACTCCTCTTCCTATT
+A
 >NR_029834.1 Homo sapiens microRNA 200a (MIR200A), microRNA
 CCGGGCCCCTGTGAGCATCTTACCGGACAGTGCTGGATTTCCCAGCTTGACTCTAACACTGTCTGGTAA
+C
 GATGTTCAAAGGTGACCCGC
 >AC067940.1 Homo sapiens clone RP11-818E9, LOW-PASS SEQUENCE SAMPLING
 AAATACAACTTTAAATCAAAACGGTAAAAATTCCACTCTTTCATACTAACTTCAAAAGTATTTGCTTTA
+A
 AAAAAAAGNNNNNNNNNNAAACTGAATTTCTATTAAGCATCTATTTATAGAAGAGAGTAAACACCCCGT
+G
 AATAAAAGACAGAGAATTGTAGCAGCCCGAAGTCCCTTTTCTCTCCTCCCAAGCATTTGGCTCTGGTCC
+A
 AATTCACATATCCTGCTCCGTAAAACAAAGTGCCTTGGTTAACCTAACGTTATTCCTTGAACAGTAGTT
+T
 AGTGATCAACTAGTTTTTGTTGTTGTTGTTGTTTGAGACAGAGTCTCACTCTGTCGCCCAGGCTGGAGT
+G
 CAGTGGCGAGATCTCAGCTCACTGCAACCTCTGCTGCCCAGGTTCAAGGGATTCTCCTGCCTCAGCCTC
+C
 CAAGTAGCTGGTATTACAGGCACCTGCCACCGCGCCTGGCTAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTGTATT
+T

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i have loaded the file into an array and now i want to assign lines starting from ">" and ending on another ">" to first element of an array

>NM_030643.4 Homo sapiens apolipoprotein L4 (APOL4) 
 GAGGTGCTGGGGAGCAGCGTGTTTGCTGTGCTTGATTGTGAGCTGCTGGGAAGTTGTGACTTTCATTTT
+A
 CCTTTCGAATTCCTGGGTATATCTTGGGGGCTGGAGGACGTGTCTGGTTATTATATAGGTGCACAGCTG
+G
 AGGTGAGATCCACACAGCTCAGACCAGCTGGATCTTGCTCAGTCTCTGTCAGAGGAAGATCCCTTGGAG
+G
 AGGCCCCGCAGCGACATGGAGGGAGCTGCTTTGCTGAAAATCTTTGTCGTCTGCATCTGGAACCAAAAT
+C

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Here is my code

my $filename = '/file.fasta';
 
if(!open(MY_HANDLE, $filename)){
    die "Couldnt open file";
}


my @chars = <MY_HANDLE>;
print "@chars[0]\n";

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It is just returning first line of the file as a first element

OUTPUT

>NM_030643.4 Homo sapiens apolipoprotein L4 (APOL4)

please help me how can i achieve my desired sequence

In reply to Assigning multiple lines into first element of array by shabird

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