use strict; use warnings; local $/ = '>'; my $c = 0; while () { chomp; next unless length; my $fn = "file" . ++$c; open my $handle, '>', $fn or die "Can't open `$fn' for writing: $!"; print $handle '>', $_; close $handle or warn $!; } __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