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Subject: Re: 2.8BSD Bourne shell: no comments?
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 15:14:00 EDT
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> 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.