While you wait for BioPerl to download and install, and then work out how to use it, this might do the job :)

#! perl -slw use strict; open MOTIFS, '<', '845226.motif' or die $!; my @motifs = <MOTIFS>; close MOTIFS; chomp @motifs; open SEQS, '<', '845226.fasta' or die $!; while( my $seqID = <SEQS> ) { chomp $seqID; $seqID =~s[^>][]; my $seq = ''; { local $/ = ">"; chomp( $seq .= <SEQS> ); $seq =~ tr[\n][]d; } for my $motif ( @motifs ) { if( $seq =~ m[$motif([^A-Z]+)[A-Z]] ) { print "$seqID contains $motif; distance ", length( $1 ); } } } close SEQS; __END__ C:\test>845226 uc002yje.1 chr21:13973492-13976330 contains gccccac; distance 88 uc002yje.1 chr21:13973492-13976330 contains gccccac; distance 92 uc002yje.1 chr21:13973492-13976330 contains gggggaaaaaacc; distance 2 +0 uc002yje.1 chr21:13973492-13976330 contains gccccac; distance 90 uc002yje.1 chr21:13973492-13976330 contains agagggccc; distance 4

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In reply to Re: How to find any of many motifs? by BrowserUk
in thread How to find any of many motifs? by Nikulina

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