Search and replace the string 'this' with the string 'that' in the file filename. perl -p -i -e 's/this/that/g' filename #Perl #Trick #PerlOneLiner #Tipsoftheday #Replace #FindandReplace
Extract sequences by their ID from a fasta file. perl -ne 'if(/^>(\S+)/){$c=$i{$1}}$c?print:chomp;$i{$_}=1 if @ARGV' ids.txt sample1.fa #Extract #Sequences #IDs #Fasta #Perl #Trick #Oneliner
Remove the fasta description and just keep the identifier. perl -p -i -e 's/>(.+?) .+/>$1/g' sample1.fa #Perl #Oneliner #Trick #Tips #Fasta #Identifier #Remove
