decomment(USP)

Name

decomment : Delets comments.

Synopsis

Usage : decomment <file>

Version : Tue Jan  9 09:02:34 JST 2024

Description

The command removes comments from a file specified by an argument,

or the standard input.

The command performs the following processes.

- Replaces continuous spaces and tabls into a single space.

- Removes the leading and trailing spaces.

- Removes the lines starting with '#'.

- When a '#' occurs right after a white space, removes after the white space.

- Removes the empty lines.

Use the decomment command to remove the comments from a here-document or

a hane-made data.

Example

$ cat table

# This is a table for test.

# 1:region code 2: region name 3:block code

  1 Tokyo    A

  2 Saitama A

  3 Kanagawa B

# The following are listed in regionward.

101 Sorachi,_Hokkaido    Z # A region of Hokkaido

102 Shiribeshi,_Hokkaido Z

103 Iburi,_Hokkaido      Z

$ decomment table

1 Tokyo A

2 Saitama A

3 Kanagawa B

101 Sorachi,_Hokkaido Z

102 Shiribeshi,_Hokkaido Z

103 Iburi,_Hokkaido Z