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A command question

In one of our scripts, I see the following:
PATH=`pwd` ## PATH=$(pwd)

I see few commands with several ## in between while declaring a variable.

May I know what ## signifies?

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Chiru,
The '#' (one only) means beginning of a comment.
Anything else in the line is not considered by the shell.

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