use warnings;
my $f = 0;
-while(<>){
+
+open my $fr, '<', 'epitaph.base.txt';
+open my $fw, '>', 'epitaph.txt';
+
+print $fw <<'EOF'
+# NetHack 3.6 epitaph.txt $NHDT-Date: 1524689580 2018/04/25 20:53:00 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.6.0 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.3 $
+# Copyright (c) 2015 by Pasi Kallinen
+# NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
+# Epitaphs for random headstones
+#
+#
+EOF
+;
+
+while(<$fr>){
if(substr($_, 0, 1) eq '#'){
next;
}
$f = 1 - $f;
if($f == 0){
- print $_;
+ print $fw $_;
}
}
+
+close $fr;
+close $fw;