use Data::Dumper; use Regexp::Common; use strict; use warnings; my $pin_group_re=qr{ pin\ + # "pin" followed by spaces ( # $1 capture $RE{balanced}{-parens=>'()'} # balanced parenthesis \ + # followed by spaces $RE{balanced}{-parens=>'{}'} # balanced braces ) # end $1 capture }x; my $timing_group_re=qr{ timing\ + # "timing" followed by spaces ( # $1 capture $RE{balanced}{-parens=>'()'} # balanced parenthesis \ + # followed by spaces $RE{balanced}{-parens=>'{}'} # balanced braces ) # end $1 capture }x; sub do_something_with_a_pin { # To see what we got we'll dump @_ warn Data::Dumper->Dump([\@_],[qw(*_)]),' '; my $string=shift; if ($string =~ m{direction : input}) { # Has a "direction : input" so no modification warn "has 'direction : input'"; } elsif ($string =~ m{$timing_group_re}) { # has a timing group warn "has 'timing'"; # kill the max_transition line -- $string =~ s{^.*max_transition.*\r?\n}{}m; # Let's see what the string looks like now }; warn Data::Dumper->Dump([\$string],[qw(*string)]),' '; return $string; }; my $string; { # Because we want all of the data as a single string local $/; # Deal with string, which will be the entire file, replacing each of pin groups ($string=) =~ s{$pin_group_re}{"pin\ ".do_something_with_a_pin($1)}gex; } print $string; __DATA__ IN_FILE cell (lib_1) { dont_use : true ; dont_touch : true ; pin ("HIZIBI_IN_1") { direction : input ; clock : true ; max_transition : 1 ; capacitance : 12 ; } pin ("HIZIBI_79") { direction : output ; max_transition : 10; min_capacitance : 3 ; } pin ("HIZIBI_IN_1") { direction : input ; clock : true ; max_transition : 1 ; capacitance : 1 ; } pin ("HIZIBI_78") { direction : output ; max_transition : 10; min_capacitance : 34 ; capacitance : 34 ; } pin ("HIZIBI") { direction : output ; clock : true ; max_transition : 20; related_power_pin : VDD ; related_ground_pin : VSS ; timing () { cell_fall (into_f1) { index_1("1,2,3,4,5") ; index_2("1,2,3,4,5") ; values("13, 13, 14, 16, 18",\ "13, 14, 15, 16, 19",\ "14, 15, 16, 17, 20",\ "15, 15, 16, 18, 20",\ "15, 16, 17, 18, 21") ; } } } } #### pin ("HIZIBI") { direction : output ; clock : true ; related_power_pin : VDD ; related_ground_pin : VSS ; timing () { cell_fall (into_f1) { index_1("1,2,3,4,5") ; index_2("1,2,3,4,5") ; values("13, 13, 14, 16, 18",\ "13, 14, 15, 16, 19",\ "14, 15, 16, 17, 20",\ "15, 15, 16, 18, 20",\ "15, 16, 17, 18, 21") ; } }