BEGIN { commonDecl = 0} /^ .*/ {commonDecl = 0 } /^[^ ]/ && !/^#ifdef / && !/^#endif/ && !/^#if / && !/^#else/ && !/^c.*/ && !/^C.*/ {commonDecl = 0 } /^ *COMMON/ || /^ *common/ { commonDecl = 1 } /^#ifdef / || /^#endif/ || /^#if / || /^#else/ { if (commonDecl == 1) {print} } {if (commonDecl ==0 ) print } END {}