#!/bin/perl5.8.6 $flag = open(file1, "main.c"); $flag2 = open(file2, ">main_out.c"); if(flag && flag2){ while(!eof(file1)){ $line = ; $/ = undef; $_ = ; s#(/\*.*?\*/)|//[^\n]*|("(\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(\\.|[^'\\])*'|.[^/"'\\]*)#defined $2 ? $2 : ""#gse; print file2 ($_); } } close(file1); close(file2);