"John W. Krahn" wrote: > > This should do what you want: > > $/ = '>'; > while ( <> ) { > next unless s/\s+\S.*//; > chomp; > tr/\n//d; > print "$_\n"; > }
After seeing your data file change that to: $/ = '>'; while ( <> ) { next unless s/\S+.*\n//; chomp; tr/\n//d; print "$_\n"; } John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>