Hi all, I have a big file (2.7G) containing multiple records in this format: >gi|618748|dbj|D21618.1| MUS74F01 mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line F9 Mus mus culus cDNA clone 74F01, mRNA sequence GCTGCCTCGACGATCTTCGCTTGCNTCCTCGCTCGCTGTCCCGTTGTCCTAGCCCGCCGCCGCCCGCTGAGCTTGTCTTT ACCCTGCTTGCAGACATGGCTGACATCAAGAACAACCCCGAATATTTCTTTCGTNANCCGGTGTNATGGCGCTCGTCCGC AATGTTTTAGCGGCATGGGCCGCTATTGACAGCAAGAG >gi|618749|dbj|D21619.1| MUS74F09 mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line F9 Mus mus culus cDNA clone 74F09, mRNA sequence GGCGNNNTGGCCTCGGGCGGCTGGACGTGCCCAGCGCCCGATTAACAAGATACATTTAATTGCTGTGTTTAACCAAATGT TTGAAGGCTGTGGGACTTTTTGAAATCATATGATCTCCTAAAAGCTGTTCACATTGTTCATTAA
Each record starts with ">". I want to read each record once at a time.I hear about a special variable call $/ might do the job but not sure how to use it. I wonder if anyone could help me out. Thanks, Li __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>