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[saadleeshehreen]

Hi, I need a short header for this one like ">IMGVR_UViG_2049941000_000058|2049941000"

>IMGVR_UViG_2049941000_000058|2049941000|900MB_Assembly_NODE_1040084_len_12349_cov_10_692930
aaattt.............

Please suggest me a way to do that.

Thanks

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

how about all your previous questions ? grep sequence ; Download pfam sequence ; grep things and counting line number in R ; ... etc .... tc... Please accept the answers so the questions are marked solved on the website. To do that, click on the green check mark on the left side of the answer.

[Jeremy]

Pierre is right. You can use cut with the -d and -f options. I found the following link to be very helpful in learning how to use cut:

Cut Command in Linux

Answer 1

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

Please suggest me a way to do that.

cut