match lines with ";" caracter 1

[paketecuento]

Hi,

I was trying to build some kind of filter for files containing commented lines (those starting wiht ";"). The problem arises when some of these lines are indented. For example:

-------------------------------------
foo.conf

;hello
variable=12 ;some comment
;comment indented
[section]
;var=5 ;another comment
type=friend
--------------------------------------

So I expect the final result as:

variable=12 ;some comment
[section]
type=friend

any suggestion??

regards, paco

 

[PHV]

You may try something like this:

awk '!/^[ \t]*;/' foo.conf

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[paketecuento]

yes, it works!!!

Only now, it rest to hide/delete all the blank lines in the output.. I mean:

var1=1


var2=2

var3=3

should be

var1=1
var2=2
var3=3

thanks

 

[paketecuento]

it looks like this do the trick for me

awk '!/^[ \t]*;/' foo.conf | awk '$0!~/^$/ {print $0}'

 

[PHV]

What about this ?

awk '!/^[ \t]*;/ && NF' foo.conf

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[paketecuento]

much clean and better...

thanks