Your code does not account for the header line, nor would it work on the sequence data since it contains no white space. The replies to How to get non-redundant DNA sequences from a FASTA file? might provide some good insight into how to work with your files. There are packages Bio::Perl and Bio::SeqIO that you might find useful.

In general, I strongly suggest you use Super Search and search for FASTA. I'd suggest restricting the search to root nodes (there are radio buttons to exclude replies). See what your colleagues have been asking, because questions about FASTA files come pretty regularly here.

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In reply to Re^3: Compare fasta files by GotToBTru
in thread Compare fasta files by cboPerl

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