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From: bleck@motcid.UUCP (Robert R. Bleck)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: awk comments
Keywords: awk
Message-ID: <6190@opal29.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 91 13:16:33 GMT
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Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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tang@motcid.UUCP (Sam D. Tang) writes:

>How does one add comments to an awk program?


A comment starts with the # character and finishes at the end of a line. 
Like:

{ print $1, $3 }	# print first and third column

Or:

# This program prints the first and third column

{ print $1, $3 }



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