This code should work but you will need to install BioPerl module Bio::SeqIO.
use Bio::SeqIO; # Setting minimum length to 250 my $min_len = 250; # Reading the input fasta file my $seqio_in = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file => "Genes.fasta", -format => "fasta" ); # Creating the output fasta file my $seqio_out = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file => ">Genes_filt_250.fasta", -format => "fasta" ); # Saving sequences to the output if length > min_len while ( my $seq = $seqio_in->next_seq ) { if ( $seq->length > $min_len ) { $seqio_out->write_seq($seq); } }
The sequences with length higher than 250 should be saved in file "Genes_filt_250.fasta":
>NM_030643.4 Homo sapiens apolipoprotein L4 (APOL4) GAGGTGCTGGGGAGCAGCGTGTTTGCTGTGCTTGATTGTGAGCTGCTGGGAAGTTGTGAC TTTCATTTTACCTTTCGAATTCCTGGGTATATCTTGGGGGCTGGAGGACGTGTCTGGTTA TTATATAGGTGCACAGCTGGAGGTGAGATCCACACAGCTCAGACCAGCTGGATCTTGCTC AGTCTCTGTCAGAGGAAGATCCCTTGGAGGAGGCCCCGCAGCGACATGGAGGGAGCTGCT TTGCTGAAAATCTTTGTCGTCTGCATCTGGAACCAAAATC >AC067940.1 Homo sapiens clone RP11-818E9, LOW-PASS SEQUENCE SAMPLING AAATACAACTTTAAATCAAAACGGTAAAAATTCCACTCTTTCATACTAACTTCAAAAGTA TTTGCTTTAAAAAAAAAGNNNNNNNNNNAAACTGAATTTCTATTAAGCATCTATTTATAG AAGAGAGTAAACACCCCGTGAATAAAAGACAGAGAATTGTAGCAGCCCGAAGTCCCTTTT CTCTCCTCCCAAGCATTTGGCTCTGGTCCAAATTCACATATCCTGCTCCGTAAAACAAAG TGCCTTGGTTAACCTAACGTTATTCCTTGAACAGTAGTTTAGTGATCAACTAGTTTTTGT TGTTGTTGTTGTTTGAGACAGAGTCTCACTCTGTCGCCCAGGCTGGAGTGCAGTGGCGAG ATCTCAGCTCACTGCAACCTCTGCTGCCCAGGTTCAAGGGATTCTCCTGCCTCAGCCTCC CAAGTAGCTGGTATTACAGGCACCTGCCACCGCGCCTGGCTAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTGTATTT

In reply to Re^5: Size of sequences in fastafile by zubenel0
in thread Size of sequences in fastafile by Sofie

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