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Remove Comments From A File

06.20.2007

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        Remove all comment lines from a file.

sed -e '/^#/d' $1 | more

or to output it to a new file

sed -e '/^#/d' $1 > $1.nocomments

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Joao Limberger replied on Fri, 2012/10/26 - 3:01pm

To delete just the '#' and keep the sha-bang... you can try this:

awk '{ if( ($0 !~ /^ *#/) || ($0 ~ /^ *#!/) ) print $0 ; else  {gsub(/^ *#/ , "" ); print } } ' teste.sh

Where teste.sh is the script you want to strip the '#'

Snippets Manager replied on Mon, 2009/03/23 - 6:44am

I like to use:


grep -E "^[[:blank:]]*#" MyBashScript.sh
to read all comments (but inlines).

Snippets Manager replied on Sat, 2007/11/10 - 1:43am

Ok - i fixed it with the help of the super cool guys in the #bash irc channel, so i'll post it here for anyone who needs it. sed '1p; /^[[:blank:]]*#/d; s/[[:blank:]][[:blank:]]*#.*//' - this will leave the shebang line alone, and will delete all comments except for the inline ones (too risky - it could delete any '#' symbols used in the script itself)

Snippets Manager replied on Sat, 2007/11/10 - 1:43am

Thanks for posting that - theres a problem though - it wont remove comments that are indented, i.e. there are spaces between the comment symbol # and the left hand margin. it also doesnt work if the comment is on the same line behind a command.