use String::Escape qw(unbackslash);

if(open(my $fh,"<","template_file"))
{
        while(<$fh>)
        {
                next if(/^$/ || /^#/);
                chomp $_;
                $bu=unbackslash($_);
                print("$bu\n");
        }
        close($fh);
}

tmpl=(char*)malloc(512);
int f=fopen("template_file","r");
u_int row=0;
for(int i=0;i<4000;i++)
  tmpl[i]=' ';

row=0;
while(1)
{
  fscanf(f,"%[^\n]",line);    // dass ist es, das ich vergessen hatte
  i=fscanf(f,"%c",&i);        // und hier
  if (i<1) break;
  memcpy(tmpl+row*80,line,80);
  row++;
 }
 fclose(f);