If you are going to be working with fasta and genes, you might want to see BioPerl. A lot of code has been developed to handle Biogenetics problems. Here is how you might want to parse and print the fasta file using Bio::SeqIO (and Bio::Seq for methods like display_id).

#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Bio::SeqIO; my %lookup; open my $fh, "<", 'input2.txt' or die $!; while (<$fh>) { chomp; my ($id, $replace) = split /\t/; $lookup{$id} = $replace; } close $fh or die $!; my $in = Bio::SeqIO->new( -file => "input1.txt" , -format => 'fasta'); my $out = Bio::SeqIO->new( -file => '>test.dat', -format => 'fasta'); while ( my $seq = $in->next_seq() ) { if (defined(my $replace = $lookup{ $seq->id })) { $seq->display_id($replace); } $out->write_seq($seq); } __END__ *** input 1 >chr1 AACCCCCCCCTCCCCCCGCTTCTGGCCACAGCACTTAAACACATCTCTGC CAAACCCCAAAAACAAAGAACCCTAACACCAGCCTAACCAGATTTCAAAT TTTATCTTTAGGCGGTATGCACTTTTAACAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN GCCCATCCTACCCAGCACACACACACCGCTGCTAACCCCATACCCCGAAC CAACCAAACCCCAAAGACACCCCCCACAGTTTATGTAGCTTACCTCNNNN >chrM GATCACAGGTCTATCACCCTATTAACCACTCACGGGAGCTCTCCATGCAT TTGGTATTTTCGTCTGGGGGGTGTGCACGCGATAGCATTGCGAGACGCTG GAGCCGGAGCACCCTATGTCGCAGTATCTGTCTTTGATTCCTGCCTCATT CTATTATTTATCGCACCTACGTTCAATATTACAGGCGAACATACCTACTA AAGTGTGTTAATTAATTAATGCTTGTAGGACATAATAATAACAATTGAAT GTCTGCACAGCCGCTTTCCACACAGACATCATAACAAAANAATTTCCACC >GJKKTUG01DYDGC GGGTATTCCTTCTCCACCTTGCAGCTAACATCAGTGTTTCGTCTACTCAAGCACGCCAAC ACGCCCTAGAGCGCCCTGTCCAGGGGATGGCAACCAACTCTGACCCTGCAAGTGCAGCAG ACATGAGGAATACAAACTACAATCTTTTACTTGATGATGCAATGCCGGACAAACTCTAGA >F0Z7V0F01EDB3V AAGGCGAGNGGTATCACGCAGTAAGTTACGGTTTTCGGGTAACGCGTCNGNGGNACTAAC CCACGGNGGGTAACCCGTCNCTACCGGTATAGGACTAAGGTTACCGGAACGTCGTGGGGT ACCCCCCGGACGGGGACCGTCCCCTCATANAGTCAACNGTNTGAGATGGACTAACTCAAA CCTAGTTTCAAGTACTATTTAACTTACTTACGTTACCCGTAATTTCGGCGTTTAGAGGCG *** input 2 chr1 headA chrM headB
This prints out (to file 'test.dat'):

>headA AACCCCCCCCTCCCCCCGCTTCTGGCCACAGCACTTAAACACATCTCTGCCAAACCCCAA AAACAAAGAACCCTAACACCAGCCTAACCAGATTTCAAATTTTATCTTTAGGCGGTATGC ACTTTTAACAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGCCCATCCTACCCAGCACACACACACCGCTGCTAACCCCA TACCCCGAACCAACCAAACCCCAAAGACACCCCCCACAGTTTATGTAGCTTACCTCNNNN >headB GATCACAGGTCTATCACCCTATTAACCACTCACGGGAGCTCTCCATGCATTTGGTATTTT CGTCTGGGGGGTGTGCACGCGATAGCATTGCGAGACGCTGGAGCCGGAGCACCCTATGTC GCAGTATCTGTCTTTGATTCCTGCCTCATTCTATTATTTATCGCACCTACGTTCAATATT ACAGGCGAACATACCTACTAAAGTGTGTTAATTAATTAATGCTTGTAGGACATAATAATA ACAATTGAATGTCTGCACAGCCGCTTTCCACACAGACATCATAACAAAANAATTTCCACC >GJKKTUG01DYDGC GGGTATTCCTTCTCCACCTTGCAGCTAACATCAGTGTTTCGTCTACTCAAGCACGCCAAC ACGCCCTAGAGCGCCCTGTCCAGGGGATGGCAACCAACTCTGACCCTGCAAGTGCAGCAG ACATGAGGAATACAAACTACAATCTTTTACTTGATGATGCAATGCCGGACAAACTCTAGA >F0Z7V0F01EDB3V AAGGCGAGNGGTATCACGCAGTAAGTTACGGTTTTCGGGTAACGCGTCNGNGGNACTAAC CCACGGNGGGTAACCCGTCNCTACCGGTATAGGACTAAGGTTACCGGAACGTCGTGGGGT ACCCCCCGGACGGGGACCGTCCCCTCATANAGTCAACNGTNTGAGATGGACTAACTCAAA CCTAGTTTCAAGTACTATTTAACTTACTTACGTTACCCGTAATTTCGGCGTTTAGAGGCG

Chris


In reply to Re: replace FASTA sequence headers by Cristoforo
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