my $input = do { local $/ = undef; }; $input =~ s/\s//mg; # Remove all whitespace. $input =~ s/(.{59})/$1\n/g; # Place a \n after every 59th character. print "$input\n"; __DATA__ GAGGGTGCAATCTACAAGAGTGCGGGTTCGCGTTCAGTCCAAGCTGAACATAAACGCAAC GCAAGGCCCCTCGACGCAGATACCGCGCTCAGGAGCATTCGAGAAGCCGAAGAAAATTCG AAGACGAGGACCAGCTACACTGCGGACGGACTTCGGGCATGGAGGGCCAGTTCCAG GTTGGCAAGGAGGAGGTCATCCAAGCATGGTACATGGACGACAGTGAAGAGGACCAGAGG CTTCCTCATCATCGTGAGCCCAAAGAATTCATTCCTCTCGACAAACTTTCCG AACTAGGAATATTAAGCTGGCGCCTAAATGCTGATGATTGGGAGAATGATGAGAACCTCA AGAAAATTCGTGAAGCCAGGGGTTACTCTTACATG GACATTTGTGATGTGTGCCCAGAGAAGTTGCCAAATTACGAGGCTAAGATAAAGAATTTC TTTGAAGAACACTTGCATACTGATGAAGAGATACGATATTGCCTTGAGGGTAGCG GCTACTTTGATGTGAGGGACCAAGATGATCAGTGGATCCGTGTAGCGGTAAAGAAAGGGG GCATGATCGTTTTGCCTGCAGGAATGTATCATCGCTTTACGTTGGATAGTGACAACTACA TCAAG GCAATGCGTCTATTTGTGGGTGAGCCTGTCTGGACACCATACAATCGTCCGCATGACCAT CTCCCGGCTAG