#!/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) use strict; use warnings; open(my $src, '<', shift); open(my $ins, '<', shift); open(my $tmp, '>', 'tmp.delme'); my $l = 0; while (<$src>) { if ($_ =~ /START_INS/) { print {$tmp} $_; $l = 1; while (<$ins>) { print {$tmp} $_; } close $ins; } elsif ($_ =~ /END_INS/) { print {$tmp} $_; $l = 0; } elsif ($l == 0) { print {$tmp} $_; } } close $tmp; close $src; # ref: $Format:%D$ # git commit: $Format:%H$ # commit time: $Format:%ai$