text: '''
  Parsing - Exercise 6
  
  The script reads a multiple sequence regord FASTA file and 
  writes the sequences to a new file separated by a blank line.
  
  '''
  
  fasta = open('sprot_prot.fasta')
  seqs = open('seqs.txt', 'w')
  
  for line in fasta:
  	if line[0] == '>':
  		seqs.write('\n')
  	elif line[0] != '>':
  		seqs.write(line.strip() + '\n')
  
  seqs.close()
  
  