strip_whitespace.pl

Dan Carpenter error27 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 21 10:55:42 UTC 2010


I've written a new script called strip_whitespace.pl (included).

One bug is that, if you split or unsplit a string literal that
confuses it.  Otherwise it seems to work.

strip_whitespace.pl drivers/staging/winbond/reg.c > before
apply patch
strip_whitespace.pl drivers/staging/winbond/reg.c > after

`diff before after`.  If they are the same then resend the patch.

regards,
dan carpenter

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my $file = shift();
open FILE, "<$file";
my $txt = do { local $/;  <FILE> };

# strip C99 comments
$txt =~ s/\/\/.*//g;
# strip newlines
$txt =~ s/\n//g;
# strip remaining comments
$txt =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///g;
# strip tabs
$txt =~ s/\t//g;
# strip spaces
$txt =~ s/ //g;
# add newlines again
$txt =~ s/;/;\n/g;

print "$txt\n";



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