i have just started writing some scripts in PERL and i am trying to catch a deadline, i really wish i could get some help for this problem. any suggestion is greatly appreciated.
i have a set of files with sequences aligned in the following format. i wonder how i can eliminate the new line characters within each sequence without touching those between sequences? ..... 2 chr1 10761 10775 chr19 46520370 46520384 + 941 acaGGAAAAGAACAA acaggaaaagaaggg 3 chr1 10776 11241 chrUn 45411478 45411944 - 12857 AAGAAGGAAGAAGAGGGTAGAGGAGAAGTGCAGCAAGGGTGGAGGGAGGTGCCCGCGCTGGGTCGGAGGAGCAGGAGTAT GGAGGGAAGACTCCTGGGTGGCATGGAGCTCTTGCACCTCTAGGCACTGCCCAGCCCTGTGTCAGCCAGGGCTGAACCCCCACAGGATAAGGAACCTGTGTGTGTGACCAACAATCAAAG CTACATCTGTGACACAACAGGACACTGCTATGGGCAGTCTCAGTTCTGGCTCGCGTGGACCATCACCATCA TCCTGAGCTGCTGCTGTGTCTGCCACCACAGCCAAGCCAGCCCTCAAGTCCAGCAGTAGCAACATGAAATCAA CCTGCCTGCCTATCCAGAAGCCCGCAATTACTCAGTGCTACCATTTTATTTCACCAAACTATTTATTACCTT CTTATGAGGAAGTGGTGAAC AAGAAGGAAGCAGAGGGAAGAAGAAATGAAGGAGGAGGGTGATAGTGCCATGGTGGAGAAACAGGAGGAG CAGGGGCAGGGGCACTCTACACTGGACACTGTAGTGGACAGTCTCAGTGCTCCAGCTCTGAA TTCTGGTATAAGTCCTTGCCTAGGGAGTTATTGGCATCCCAGGGTCTCAGTTACTGCCTCTGCTCCACAGGCAGAGG AAAGCATGGGGTGTCCAGCCTTTTCTCACTCTTAGGGACAATGTTGACTTCTGACTGATGTGGACCATCATCATCT TCCGGAGCTGCTGCTGTGTCTGCCACCAATGCTGAGCCCAGGCACTGCCTTCAGACCCAGCAATGACAGCATGAAATCAA ATTGATGGCCTACCAGGAAGCCCACAATTACTCATCACTGCCATTTTAGTTCAGGTTTTTGCCAAACTATTTATTACCTC CTTATGAGGAAGTGATGAAC 4 11242 11268 25467376 25467402 - 294 TAACCTCCACCTGTTTCCCTCCCTGTC ATCTTCCAATCCCTTCCCCACCCTACC --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo!
