open (INFILE, "< $infile") or die "Couldn't open $infile: $!"; open (OUTFILE, "> $outfile") or die "Couldn't open $outfile: $!"; chomp, print OUTFILE <<"EOT" while ; # shorter version BEGIN DBMS_REPCAT.CREATE_MASTER_REPOBJECT ( gname => 'beastdb_mstr_grp', type => 'TABLE', oname => '$_', sname => '$schema', use_existing_object => TRUE, copy_rows => FALSE); END; / EOT close (INFILE); close (OUTFILE);