Simple pre-processing text

[Ben Pfaff]

Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> writes:

> What is the "right way" to include files in-line in a document,
> i.e. take an input file that contains commands like "<input
> file='chapter1.xml'>" or "#include 'chapter1.txt'" and generate
> one large file from all the smaller pieces?  It would be really
> easy to write in PERL, but I have this feeling that there's a more
> elegant solution out there already...

You could write the file in m4.  That would give you a lot more
preprocessing power, too.  (Be sure to use GNU m4's -P option to
avoid unwanted expansions, though.)  If you *just* want the
ability to include files, though, write a little Perl program.
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