#! /usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; open (INPUT, $ARGV[0]) or die "unable to open file"; my $count = 1; my $line; while (<>) { chomp; $line = $_; $line =~ s/(.{60})/$1\n/g; if (/>/) { ++$count; } print "\>$count\n", $_, "\n\n" if length $_ >= 250; } close INPUT;