BEGIN { special = 0 } /REQUESTS/ { nreqs = split(requests, reqs) for (i = 1; i <= nreqs; ++i) printf "#ifdef\t%s\n DEFINE(\"%s\", %s);\n#endif\n", \ reqs[i], reqs[i], reqs[i] special = 1 } { if (special == 0) print $0; special = 0 }