<>) { s/^\s+// if ($blk); $f =~ s/\s+$// if ($blk && /^\(/); $blk = 1 if (!m/\#/ && m/CHK_ERROR/); $blk=0 if ($blk && m/\;/); s/\n/ / if ($blk); $f.=$_; }; $f=~ s,\n(\t+)CHK_ERROR\((.*)\)\;([^\n]*),\n\1status = \2;\3\n\1if (status < 0)\n\1\tbreak;,g; print $f; And manually fixed. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab 1~