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
Extract a fasta sequence from multifasta file: samtools faidx multitest.fa and then samtools faidx multitest.fa fasta_id > out.fa #Samtools #Fasta #Extract #Multifasta