$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -e ' my @fasta = (">dddd\n", "abcdef\n", ">eeee\n", "bcdef\n"); for (@fasta) { unless (/^>/) { s/^/ACGAGTGCGT/; } print; } ' >dddd ACGAGTGCGTabcdef >eeee ACGAGTGCGTbcdef