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# 1  
Old 06-10-2009
comment lines
Is there a command to put a comment (#) in a whole part of a shell script?
# 2  
Old 06-10-2009
whole part means??
you want to comment full script??
# 3  
Old 06-10-2009
if you have Python,
Code:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import fileinput
f=0
for line in fileinput.FileInput("file",inplace=1):
    line=line.strip()
    if "eight" in line:
        print "#"+line
        f=0
        continue
    if "four" in line: f=1
    if f: print "#"+line
    if not f: print line

output
Code:
# more file
one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight
nine
ten
# ./test.py
# more file
one
two
three
#four
#five
#six
#seven
#eight
nine
ten

# 4  
Old 06-11-2009
Bug refer
Vero,

Please refer to the thread - here -

Might be of some help to you.

Thank You

Regards,
HKansal
# 5  
Old 06-11-2009
In vi mode,

%s/^/#/g
# 6  
Old 06-11-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by jayan_jay
In vi mode,

%s/^/#/g
thanks! and in emacs?
 
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