H P L A 143 TYR 202 OH --> O2 2014 MC9 500 A H P L A 143 TYR 202 OH <-- O2 2014 ASH 500 A H P L A 237 SER 532 OG --> O1 2015 MC9 500 A H P L A 237 SER 532 OG <-- O1 2015 AGM 500 A H P L A 274 ARG 821 NH1 --> O1 2015 MC9 500 A H P L A 278 SER 851 OG --> O2 2014 VIA 500 A #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use IO::File; use constant FILE => 'search.txt'; use constant FIND => 'string to find'; IO::File->input_record_separator(FIND); my $fh = IO::File->new(FILE, O_RDONLY) or die 'Could not open file ', FILE, ": $!"; $fh->getline; print IO::File->input_record_separator while $fh->getline; $fh->close;