Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site mirror.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!yale!mirror!rs From: rs@mirror.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: 2.8BSD Bourne shell: no comments? Message-ID: <13300002@mirror.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 15:14:00 EDT Article-I.D.: mirror.13300002 Posted: Tue Jun 25 15:14:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 06:58:27 EDT References: <1228@uwmacc.UUCP> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:uwmacc:-122800:mirror:13300002:000:242 Nf-From: mirror!rs Jun 25 15:14:00 1985 > My /bin/sh doesn't support "#" as a comment character. The easiest thing to do seems to be this: : 'this is a $funny comment' the single-quotes are "strong" enough to suppress side-effects caused by evaulation of meta-charcters.