#!/usr/bin/perl -w open(IN, "< genomes.list") or die "cannot open genomes.list: $!"; $i=0; @genome=(); while(defined($line=)){ chomp($line); $genome[$i]=$line; $i++; } close(IN); $n=@genome; #number of genomes to work on $db_folder="/Users/jpgogarten/genomes/"; for($i=0;$i<$n;$i++){ system("pepstats $db_folder$genome[$i].faa -outfile $genome[$i].pepstats"); }