#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $out; if(@ARGV!=1 && @ARGV!=2){ print "Usage:\n\t$0 input [output];\n"; exit; } open(IN, "<$ARGV[0]") or die "couldn't open $ARGV[0]: $!"; if(=~m/(^#!.*perl.*)/){ $out.=$1; } while(){ chomp; chop; $_.="\n"; $out.=$_; } close IN; if(@ARGV==1){ unlink $ARGV[0]; open(OUT,">$ARGV[0]") or die "couldn't open $ARGV[0]: $!"; } elsif(@ARGV==2){ open(OUT,">$ARGV[1]") or die "couldn't open $ARGV[1]: $!"; } print OUT $out; close OUT;