use strict;
my $str = '
class CategoryController extends Controller
{
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* @return \\Illuminate\\Http\\Response
*/
public function index()
{
//
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* @return \\Illuminate\\Http\\Response
*/
public function create()';
my $regex = qr/\/\*\*[\s\S]*?\*\//sp;
my $subst = '';
my $result = $str =~ s/$regex/$subst/rg;
print "The result of the substitution is' $result\n";
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html