use strict; use warnings; use PPI; my $file = '/path/to/perl/script.pl'; my $Document = PPI::Document->new($file) or die "oops"; for my $sub ( @{ $Document->find('PPI::Statement::Sub') || [] } ) { unless ( $sub->forward ) { my @elements = $sub->children; for ( my $i = 0 ; $i < @elements ; $i++ ) { if ( ref $elements[$i] eq "PPI::Structure::Block" ) { $elements[$i]->start->add_content("my mars code"); } } } } $Document->save($file.".new");