#!/usr/bin/perl # we want to filter every between START_INS and END_INS out and then insert crap from another file (this is fun) $dst = shift; $ins = shift; open(SRC,"<$dst"); open(INS,"<$ins"); open(TMP,">tmp.delme"); $l = 0; while () { if ($_ =~ /START_INS/) { print TMP $_; $l = 1; while () { print TMP $_; } close INS; } elsif ($_ =~ /END_INS/) { print TMP $_; $l = 0; } elsif ($l == 0) { print TMP $_; } } close TMP; close SRC;