How Do I Comment in a Shell Script in Linux?
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A single-line comment starts with hashtag symbol with no white spaces (#) and lasts till the end of the line. If the comment exceeds one line then put a hashtag on the next line and continue the comment. The shell script is commented out prefixing # character for single-line comment.

How do I add comments to a Linux script?

To write single line comments in bash, start the line with the hash symbol (#). HashBang (#!) in the first line of the script file is the only exception. Following is an example Bash Script that has single line comments in between commands.

How do you comment a line in a file in shell script?

comment and uncomment a line with Shell Script

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