use Modern::Perl; my %hash; do {chomp; $_ = qq|$_"$hash{$1}"| if /(ID=.+)$/ and ++$hash{$1}; say} for ; __DATA__ xxxx . yyy 521 916 . + . ID=OSCAR1028v1rpkm9.67 xxxx . xxx 521 567 . + . Parent=OSCAR1028v1rpkm9.67 xxxx . yyy 126 130 . - . ID=OSCAR10281vrpkm9.67 xxxx . xxx 129 130 . - . Parent=OSCAR1028v1rpkm9.67 xxxx . yyy 126 130 . - . ID=OSCAR10281vrpkm9.67 xxxx . xxx 129 130 . - . Parent=OSCAR1028v1rpkm9.67