Hi everybody..Here's an interesting problem to solve. I have a text file like this: 
>first
TTCCCAAAAAAGACCTACTAAGTCAAGCGGATGCGTTTTGTGTCTTATGG
AAAGTCCCTGACGGATACGAGGCTTTGGGTGATTCGGTACGAATGATTCG
GTTACCAGAACTTACCGAAGAAGAAATGGGACGAACCGAGGTTTCTCGTT
CGTGTGCTAATCCTACATTCAAACATCGATTTCGATCAGAGTTTGTTTTT
CATGAAGAACAGACATTCGTATTACGTGTTTACGATGAAGATTTGAGGTA
>firsta
TTCCCAAAAAAGACCTACTAAGTCAAGCGGATGCGTTTTGTGTCTTATGG
AAAGTCCCTGACGGATACGAGGCTTTGG----------------------
-----------------AAGAAGAAATGGGACGAACCGAGGTTTCTCGTT
CGTGTGCTAATCCTACATTCAAACATCGATTTCGATCAGAGTTT------
CATGAAGAACAGACATTCGTATTACGTGTTTACGATGAAGATTTGAGGTA

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Both >first and >firsta containing same characters except the part with hyphens. Now is it possible to write a perl script that would extract the text starting after >firsta and before the start of - for each line? Also, would it be possible to extract the unmatched text from >first?

Please note that both >first and >firsta are in the same text file and other similar text files which I am using might contain more lines like these. Thanks a lot in advance..

In reply to An interesting Perl problem to extract file content by ghosh24

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