#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1175466 use strict; use warnings; $_ = do { local $/; }; print $1 while /^(object.*?^\};\n)/gms; __DATA__ /* SOME COMMENT HERE */ /* MORE COMMENT */ /* Description - information */ options { option1 value; option2 value; option3 "value"; option4 { value1; value2; }; }; /* identifier1 ID 123456 */ object "identifier1" in { option1 value; option2 "value"; option3 { value1; value2; }; option4 { value; }; }; /* identifier2 ID 234561 */ object "identifier2" in { option1 value; option2 "value"; option3 { value1; value2; }; option4 { value; }; }; /* identifier3 ID 345612 */ object "identifier3" in { option1 value; option2 "value"; option3 { value1; value2; }; option4 { value; }; }; /* EOF */