In Bash, # is used to comment the following. I was wondering in Windows command line, how to make a comment?
Thanks and regards!
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A comment is produced using the REM command which is short for "Remark".
REM Comment here...
Robin Day
2010-06-08 13:15:41
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A:
Lines starting with "rem" (from the word remarks) are comments:
rem comment here
echo "hello"
PeterMmm
2010-06-08 13:16:09
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A:
You can either use REM for remark or the more shorthand version ::, which sort of looks like # if you squint :-)
I, of course, prefer the :: variant since I a bashaholic and I'm still trying to forget the painful days of BASIC.
paxdiablo
2010-06-08 13:20:03
I knew of REM but was not aware of the `::` syntax. Is it not widely known?
JAB
2010-06-08 15:35:48
Well, I know there's one person that knew of it. And now there's two :-) Maybe I can claim that I doubled the amount of knowledge in the world. FWIW, Rob van der Woude's site is a truly excellent one for batch file (and other) chicanery: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchfiles.php
paxdiablo
2010-06-08 23:55:15
Note that using `::` has some nasty side-effects in older versions of Windows in conjunction with parenthesized blocks. It can sometimes throw an error about an unexpected and missing drive letter. Being a regular reader of Raymond Chen's blog I usually tend to stick to documented things :-)
Joey
2010-06-11 01:24:41