in reply to modify the include files depending up on instructions in it

Hi just try this below coding

input: ********* #include "../comm.cfg" #include "../ext.frg" #include "../mem.cmd" $str=qq{\#ifdef SYM \#include "$INCLUDE_DIR/ext.frg" \#else \#include "../include/ext.frg" \#endif \#ifdef SYM \#include "$INCLUDE_DIR/mem.cmd" \#else \#include "../include/mem.cmd" \#endif}; undef $/; open(READ, "< input.pl") ; $string = <READ>; close(READ); $string =~ s#(\#include.+?\n)#${str}\n$1#gsi; open(OUT, "> output.pl") ; print OUT $string; #output: #******** #ifdef SYM #include "/ext.frg" #else #include "../include/ext.frg" #endif #ifdef SYM #include "/mem.cmd" #else #include "../include/mem.cmd" #endif #include "../comm.cfg" #ifdef SYM #include "/ext.frg" #else #include "../include/ext.frg" #endif #ifdef SYM #include "/mem.cmd" #else #include "../include/mem.cmd" #endif #include "../ext.frg" #ifdef SYM #include "/ext.frg" #else #include "../include/ext.frg" #endif #ifdef SYM #include "/mem.cmd" #else #include "../include/mem.cmd" #endif #include "../mem.cmd"