in reply to splitting fasta file into individual fasta files

Try something in this manner...
#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my @file = do { local $/ = ">"; <DATA> }; print map { "$_\n" } @file; __DATA__ >i:/13414 Ccl9 (88)/sequencing/13414_fasta.Contig1 TTTCTCCGGCCCCCTCCTCCCGCGGGGGAAAAAACCCGGGGAGCAGTCGG GCAGGGGTTTTTTGGTTTTTTCAAAATAAAAAGGGGTGCCCGTTGGGGGGcd GGGGGGGTGCAGGTTTCAACCCCCCCCCCCAAAGAAAAAAAAATTTTGGG GAATTTTTGGGGGGCTCCACCAGTTTTCGGGGTTTTTGGGCCTTTTCAGA AGGTAGGTTGGACGCGGATTGGGCAATAAACCACCCCGCTTCATCGGATA ATTTTCCCCGGCCGAAAAGGGCCGCGGGGCCGGTGGGCGGCCTTGGGTTT >i:/13414 Ccl9 (88)/sequencing/13414_fasta.Contig2 TAAACCCAAGGCCCCCCAGGTAAAAAAAAAACCGGCCAGGGGGGGGGGGG TAAAAAAAACCAAGTGTCACCCAGGGTGGAGATCCCCGGAAAAGGAAAAG GGGGGTTTTTTATTCGAAACGGGGAAAACTTTCACAAAATTTTGGAAGAA TCCCCTTTAATGTTTTCTTTTCAAAAGGGGGTAAAAAAACCACCTTTAAA AAGAAGTCTACCTTGGGAAAAAATAATTTTTGGGAAAATTTAAAAATTGA

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Re^2: splitting fasta file into individual fasta files
by citromatik (Curate) on May 07, 2009 at 09:02 UTC

    Beware that, with your code, the first element of the array is a single ">" character, and the rest of elements (but the last) will have the ">" at the end

    citromatik

Re^2: splitting fasta file into individual fasta files
by lomSpace (Scribe) on May 07, 2009 at 16:30 UTC
    Thank you bichonfrise74 for sharing your wisdom with a the neophyte!