How Do You Comment out a Line in Unix?
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How do you comment out a line in Linux?

Whenever you want to comment a line, put a # in an appropriate place in a file. Anything beginning after # and ending at the end of the line won’t get executed. This comments out the complete line. This comments out only the last part of the line starting at #.

How do you comment out a line in Unix script?

You can comment by placing a octothorpe # or a : (colon) at the start of the line, and then your comment. # can also go after some code on a line to add a comment on the same line as the code.

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