Re: Is it fair to say, "sed supports # comments starting any column"?

Hi Rakesh,

I know you are trying to help. But you didn't answer any of my 
questions. :( I am not a newbie trying to learn sed. I have specific 
questions I am looking for experts such as yourself to weigh in on.

You are probably aware that some sed versions do not support ; syntax. 
Plus, the POSIX standard does not mention ; syntax. So offering ; as a 
solution doesn't help anyway.

Personally, I think it is fair to say, "sed supports # comments starting 
any column", since that is what POSIX says. I am looking for someone to 
explain why that is not true.

Thanks,
Daniel

On 8/11/2015 12:23 AM, Rakesh Sharma [sed-users] wrote:
> I normally use the ";#" syntax to start comments. The semicolon would start a newline and the # would then start at the first column, thus satisfying both.
>
>
>>   s/x/y/ # Silly comment 1
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>      s/x/y/ ;# Silly comment 1
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