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Asked: 2026-05-11T19:07:11+00:00

Is there a simple way to comment out a block of code in a

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Is there a simple way to comment out a block of code in a shell script?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In bash:

    #!/bin/bash
echo before comment
: <<'END'
bla bla
blurfl
END
echo after comment

    The ' and ' around the END delimiter are important, otherwise things inside the block like for example $(command) will be parsed and executed.

    For an explanation, see this and this question.

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