delete_multiline_comments.sed

#!/bin/sed -f
# Simple Sed Program to remove all comments from c program
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# Copyright (C) 2005 nixCraft project.
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# if no /* get next
/\/\*/!b
# here we've got an /*, append lines until get the corresponding
# */
:x
/\*\//!{
N
bx
}
# delete /*...*/
s/\/\*.*\*\///