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in reply to Re^3: remove entries with duplicate characters
in thread remove entries with duplicate characters

Use of uninitialized value $count_in in printf at ../remove_duplicate +_genes.pl line 34. 0 total records read from 'enzymes.fasta' Use of uninitialized value $count_out in printf at ../remove_duplicate +_genes.pl line 35. 0 records written to 'duplicate_gene_entries_in_enzymes.fasta' after r +emoving duplicate entries
This is because you never increment the $count_in and $count_out variables in your code (and also did not provide a start value when you declared them).

BTW, there is a built-in variable, $., which keeps track of the number of lines read from a file. You can just print its value after you've finished reading your file (instead of $count_in).