1# first line of input is the variable declaration, don't touch that 22,$ { 3# XXX beware of the order ! we have to quote \ and " before inserting \n" 4 s/\\/\\\\/g 5 s/"/\\"/g 6 s/^/ "/ 7 s/$/\\n"/ 8} 9# and append a ; at the end ! 10$s/$/;/ 11