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Old 05-02-2009
how can i remove comments in random positions in a file?(bash)

Suppose i have a file like this:

#bla bla
#bla bla bla bla bla

Bla
BLA
BLA BLA #bla bla
....
....


how can i remove all comments from every line,even if they are behind commands or strngs that are not comments?
any idea how i could do that using awk?
# 2  
Old 05-02-2009
Code:
sed 's/#//g' filename

will give
bla bla
bla bla bla bla bla

Bla
BLA
BLA BLA bla bla
....
....

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 3  
Old 05-02-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by devtakh
Code:
sed 's/#//g' filename

will give
bla bla
bla bla bla bla bla

Bla
BLA
BLA BLA bla bla
....
....

cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam

thnks a lot!i found another solution too but i will try this one as wellSmilie
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