#!/usr/local/bin/perl $file = shift; chomp $file; printf "File is %s.\n", $file; open IN, "<" . $file; open OUT, ">".$file.".new"; $line = ; printf OUT "%s", $line; $line = ; printf OUT "%s", $line; $line = ; while ( $line ) { if ( $line =~ /\(#\)/ ) { printf "Omitting line: %s", $line; } else { printf OUT "%s", $line; } $line = ; } close IN; close OUT; `mv $file $file.orig`; `mv $file.new $file`;