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grep -v \\# /home/bob/.config/vlc/vlcrc
grep -v '\\#' /home/bob/.config/vlc/vlcrc
grep -v "\\\\#" /home/bob/.config/vlc/vlcrc

$ grep -v "#" infile

 
cat -v /home/bob/.config/vlc/vlcrc

# Video filter module (string)
#video-filter=

# Video output filter module (string)
#vout-filter=

# Enable sub-pictures (boolean)
#spu=1

# On Screen Display (boolean)
#osd=1

# Text rendering module (string)
#text-renderer=

# Use subtitle file (string)
#sub-file=

# Autodetect subtitle files (boolean)
#sub-autodetect-file=1

# Subtitle autodetection fuzziness (integer)
#sub-autodetect-fuzzy=3

# Subtitle autodetection paths (string)
#sub-autodetect-path=./Subtitles, ./subtitles

# Force subtitle position (integer)
#sub-margin=0

# Subpictures filter module (string)
#sub-filter=

# Program (integer)
#program=0

# Programs (string)
#programs=

# Audio track (integer)
#audio-track=-1

# Subtitles track (integer)
#sub-track=-1

# Audio language (string)
#audio-language=

# Subtitle language (string)
#sub-language=

# Audio track ID (integer)
#audio-track-id=-1

# Subtitles track ID (integer)
#sub-track-id=-1

# Input repetitions (integer)
#input-repeat=0

# Start time (float)
#start-time=0.000000

# Stop time (float)
#stop-time=0.000000

# Run time (float)
#run-time=0.000000

# Fast seek (boolean)
#input-fast-seek=0

# Playback speed (float)
#rate=1.000000

# Input list (string)
#input-list=

# Input slave (experimental) (string)
#input-slave=

# Bookmarks list for a stream (string)
#bookmarks=

# DVD device (string)
#dvd=/dev/dvd

# VCD device (string)
#vcd=/dev/cdrom

# Audio CD device (string)
#cd-audio=/dev/cdrom

# UDP port (integer)
#server-port=1234

# MTU of the network interface (integer)
#mtu=1400

# Force IPv6 (boolean)
#ipv6=0

awk 'NF && $1!~/^#/' infile

grep -vE '^[[:space:]]*($|#)' infile

awk 'NF && !/^#/' infile