I have a file which contains report code ... which actually generates the report in Oracle like

rem ------------------------ book_tab variables ---------------------
.rem
.declare book_no                     a13
.declare l_code                      a10
.declare l_booking                   a12
.set page_no 1
.set first  "N"
.set no_more_clauses "N"
#dt 1 1 80 #
#dt 2 1 6 9 48 50 61 63 76 80 80 #
.define loktabs
        loc_table book_tab, book_hazmat, custdata2,   edit_table,
        book_rates, print_table in share update mode
..
.define get_input
        select key,  key1, key2, 
               passkey3, passkey4, print_name
          into input_booking_seq, fax_header, file_no, 
               input_print_rates, myNoteId, print_name
          from ed_table
         where ed_table.tag = 'BOOK'
           and ed_table.key = 'PRINT'
           and ed_table.user_id = user
..
.define get_user_info
        select  user_loc,user_name, user_company, 
        into    user_location, user_name, user_company, 
        from    sec_header
        where   user_id = lower(substr(user,5,10))
..

.execute lok_tabs
.execute get_user_info
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and I need to convert these logics into perl code... Please giv me some guidance if macros are not there in perl then how to convert them into perl... I am trying to extract the value of get_user_info using regular expression but its not working at all my code is

$def = ".define get_user_info
        select  user_location,user_name, user_company, &fax_header || 
+';style=' || letterhead,
                fax_printer, nvl(fax_yn,'N')
        into    user_location, user_name, user_company, fax_header, fa
+x_printer, fax_yn
        from    security_header
        where   user_id = lower(substr(user,5,10))
..";

$def =~ s/(^\.\w+\s)(\w+)(\s+)(.+)(^select\..$)/$2$5/;
print $def;
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