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| author | stefanf <stefanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-01-01 16:02:12 +0000 |
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| committer | stefanf <stefanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-01-01 16:02:12 +0000 |
| commit | 5554ab143e0a10658100d5e870d8feccfbe8fc13 (patch) | |
| tree | abef11100f0dfc33610537ce0aecb1a69c601a3b | |
| parent | 9eb90452152e64a0cfe9af8165fa7d6a0bce050f (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-5554ab143e0a10658100d5e870d8feccfbe8fc13.zip FreeBSD-src-5554ab143e0a10658100d5e870d8feccfbe8fc13.tar.gz | |
Document that '#' starts a comment.
PR: 85103
Submitted by: garys
Obtained from: pdksh manual
Patch from: Daniel Gerzo (with changes by me)
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/sh/sh.1 | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1 index 6fa59ed..3c2fa9c 100644 --- a/bin/sh/sh.1 +++ b/bin/sh/sh.1 @@ -362,6 +362,13 @@ The following is a list of valid operators: .It Li <& Ta Li >& Ta Li <<- Ta Li >| .El .El +.Pp +The character +.Ql # +introduces a comment if used at the beginning of a word. +The word starting with +.Ql # +and the rest of the line are ignored. .Ss Quoting Quoting is used to remove the special meaning of certain characters or words to the shell, such as operators, whitespace, keywords, |
