use strict; use warnings; use feature 'say'; my %cnt; my $total = 0; while ($_ = ) { chomp; printf "%4d: %s\n", $total+1, s/(.{10})/$1 /gr; $total += length; $cnt{$_}++ for split // } say "\nTotal bases: $total"; say "$_: " . ($cnt{$_}//0) for ; __DATA__ CGTAAAAAATTACAACGTCCTTTGGCTATCTCTTAAACTCCTGCTAAATG CTCGTGCTTTCCAATTATGTAAGCGTTCCGAGACGGGGTGGTCGATTCTG AGGACAAAGGTCAAGATGGAGCGCATCGAACGCAATAAGGATCATTTGAT GGGACGTTTCGTCGACAAAGTCTTGTTTCGAGAGTAACGGCTACCGTCTT CGATTCTGCTTATAACACTATGTTCTTATGAAATGGATGTTCTGAGTTGG TCAGTCCCAATGTGCGGGGTTTCTTTTAGTACGTCGGGAGTGGTATTATA TTTAATTTTTCTATATAGCGATCTGTATTTAAGCAATTCATTTAGGTTAT CGCCGCGATGCTCGGTTCGGACCGCCAAGCATCTGGCTCCACTGCTAGTG TCCTAAATTTGAATGGCAAACACAAATAAGATTTAGCAATTCGTGTAGAC GACCGGGGACTTGCATGATGGGAGCAGCTTTGTTAAACTACGAACGTAAT