One way to get your desired output:
use warnings; use strict; my $line1; my $line2; while (<DATA>) { if (/^>/) { if ($line1) { print "$line1\n$line2\n"; $line1 = ''; $line2 = ''; } print; } elsif (!/\./) { chomp; $line1 .= $_; } else { chomp; $line2 .= $_; } } print "$line1\n$line2\n" if $line1; __DATA__ > gi|11SB_CUCMA Train|1 21 MARSSLFTFLCLAVFINGCLSQIEQQSPWEFQGS EVWQQHRYQSPRACRLENLRAQDPVRLLLPGFSNAPKLIFV AQGFGIRGIAIPGCAETYQT SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.................... ........................... ................. .......... > gi|1A43_HUMAN Train|1 24 MAVMAPRTLVLLLSGALALTQTWAGSHSMRYFYTSVSRPG RGEPRFIAVGYVDDTQFVRFDSDAASQRMEPRAPWIEQEGPEYWSQTDRANLGTLRGYYNQSEDGSHTIQ +R MYGCDVGPDGRFLRGYQQDAYDGKDYIALNEDLRSWTAADMAAQITQRKWETAHEAE SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.............................................. +........................................... ............. ..........................................

In reply to Re: Help in joining these lines by toolic
in thread Help in joining these lines by Anonymous Monk

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