This kind of "for" loop: for (my $i=0; $i<=33; $i++) is not common in Perl. Try this: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $filename = '16lines.txt';

open (INFILE, '<', $filename) or die
   "unable to read the file with 16+ lines $!";
   
my @lines = <INFILE>; #read all lines into an array

for my $file_no (0..33) #total 34 files?? Really? Maybe 0..31?
{
   open (my $fh, ">", "$filename$file_no.vcf") or die
      "problem opening $filename$file_no.vcf Oops $!";

   print $fh grep{defined}@lines[0..15];
   # the grep on defined lines is in case there are less
   # 16 lines in the input file. I am sure there are other
   # with perhaps split() to accomplish the same thing.
}

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In reply to Re: How to restart a while loop that is iterating through each line of a file? by Marshall
in thread How to restart a while loop that is iterating through each line of a file? by cookersjs

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