#!/usr/bin/perl -w $orfdata = "testline"; open(FILE,$orfdata); @odata = ; @redodata = ''; #print scalar(@odtat),"\n"; foreach $line (@odata){chomp $line; if(length($line) > 0){ @redodata = (@redodata, $line); } print length($line),"\n"; } print @redodata; close FILE; exit;