Shell script put multiple line comment
Posted by Vivek Gite
[Last updated: July 30, 2007]
Q. I’d like to use multiline comments under shell script. Under C / C++ I can use format
/*
my c code
comment # 2
blah
*/
How do I put multi line comment under a shell script?
A. By default shell script can be commented out prefixing # character for example:
# my comment
For multilinecomment use
# my comment 1
# my comment 2
# my comment N
However you can use HERE DOCUMENT feature as follows:
#!/bin/bash
echo "Say Something"
<<COMMENT1
your comment 1
comment 2
blah
COMMENT1
echo "Do something else"
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