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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GURU NEEDED : break a command into several lines and comment each line
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:12:30 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvaaj4b2sb.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help__8894.65066507018$1294976446$gmane$org@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: bfd24856-94a9-4b46-b0b7-8c142f5b87f5@z5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com

> #!/bin/bash -xv

> command       \ # comment1
>          -sw1 \ # comment2
>          -sw2 \ # comment3
>          arguments

> One ought to be able to comment every single switch if desired for
> whatever reason.

Thanks for the riddle.  Here's a solution:

  command        $(: # comment1
  )        -sw1  $(: # comment2
  )        -sw2  $(: # comment3
  )        arguments


-- Stefan


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-01-14  3:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <bfd24856-94a9-4b46-b0b7-8c142f5b87f5@z5g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>
2011-01-13 21:45 ` GURU NEEDED : break a command into several lines and comment each line Berthold Höllmann
2011-01-13 22:08 ` David W. Hodgins
2011-01-13 22:46 ` suvayu ali
2011-01-13 22:47 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-14  3:12 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
     [not found] ` <jwvaaj4b2sb.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org>
2011-01-14  6:28   ` bolega
2011-01-14 17:41     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-13 21:18 bolega
2011-01-14  8:07 ` Oleksandr Gavenko

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