Re: way to cat a file with all lines except commented ones

Quoting elemint@theriver.com:

> How can I cat a file and recieve all lines excpet ones commented out?
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> Jim
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grep -v '#' filename
substitute '#' with whatever characters you're using to comment lines

JD
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