Yes this seems like a good tool to use. I will sure use it in the future.. /Lars On 2010-03-21 12:07, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 01:55:42PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: >> 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. > > On further reflection your new patch looks fine, if you combine the two. > But next time could you use my script? > > Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> > > regards, > dan carpenter > >> >> 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"; > _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel