On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 04:51:28PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 01:50:31PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > > You'll want something like this: > > > > grep -v '^\( *#\| $\)' some.conf > condensed.file > > > > or: > > > > egrep -v '^( *#| $)' some.conf > condensed.file > > And what would that do with a line like this? > > some valid stuff # comment > > As I understand it your solution would delete that line also.
No. Perhaps you should try it. (Note the ^ anchor before ' *#'.) Whether trailing comments like that are allowed depends on the configuration file format. IIRC, they are formally not allowed in Apache configuration files, for example. -- Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
