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--- computing:linux:strip_comments [2012/03/29 10:59]
gcooper
+++ computing:linux:strip_comments [2015/10/19 10:00] (current)
gcooper
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 ====== Strip Comments ======
+===== With ''grep'' =====
+<file>
+grep -v '^$\|^\s*\#' <filemane>
+</file>
+===== Small Utility =====
+FIXME
 Create this tiny utility to view configuration files at their smallest and most readable form.
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 Many support organizations insist you strip comments from config files to make them more readable.
-Create, install and make the utility executable (cut and paste at the command line as root):
+Create, install and make the utility executable (cut and paste the following at the command line as root):
 <file>
 cat << EOF >> /usr/local/bin/nocom
 #!/bin/sh
-# nocom is a small tool to strip comments when viewing commented configuration files
+# 'nocom' is a small tool to strip comments when viewing commented configuration files
+# It's not perfect and may not work for you.  Note that it strips the initial "#!/bin/sh" too.
 #
 echo ""
-cat $1 | sed -e '/^\s*;/d' | sed -e '/^\s*$/d'
+cat \$1 | sed -e '/^\s*;/d' | sed -e '/^\s*\$/d' | sed -e '/^[[:blank:]]*#/d; s/[[:blank:]][[:blank:]]*#.*//'
 EOF

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