https://bioinformaticsonline.com/snippets/view/43992/perl-script-to-read-the-next-line-of-a-file? https://bioinformaticsonline.com/snippets/view/43992/perl-script-to-read-the-next-line-of-a-file Mon, 17 Oct 2022 23:19:56 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/snippets/view/43992/perl-script-to-read-the-next-line-of-a-file my $line = <$fileHandler>; while(1) { # keep looping until I say so my $nextLine = <$fileHandler>; if ($line =~ m/>/ || !defined $nextLine) { ### Do the stuff } ### Do any other stuff; last unless defined $nextLine; $line = $nextLine; }]]> Abhi