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How can you add a comment in a script?
You can insert comments and remarks in the script code, or deactivate parts of the script code by using comment marks. All text on a line that follows to the right of // (two forward slashes) will be considered a comment and will not be executed when the script is run.
How do you comment multiple lines in a ksh script?
There are two different ways to use multi-line comment in Shell Scripts:
- Method 1: Using <
- Output:
- Method 2: Using : ‘ :
- Code: #!/bin/bash echo “Sample code” x=4 if [[ $x -le 10 ]];then echo “Less than 10″ fi : ‘ echo”This doesn’t echo” echo”Even this doesn’t” ‘ echo “OK, this is working with : ‘”
- Output:
When to add comments or documentation to a script?
It’s always a good practice to add comments or documentation for the scripts which are created. This is required for maintenance of the scripts to understand what the script actually does. For example, consider the following piece of code which has no form of comments.
How does commenting work in a JSON file?
Keep in mind that the comment is only a comment in the eyes of the developer—not the computer. This JSON commenting practice is different from comments in programming languages, like Python, which are typically ignored when the program runs. When we run the Python program above, we get the letters in the word, “house.” But we don’t see the comment.
Is there a way to add comments to a PDF?
With the May 2019 release of Acrobat DC, you can use quick actions in a floating toolbar to add comments while viewing a PDF. You do not have to open the commenting tool to access these actions.
What’s the difference between block comment and single line comment?
The first is called a single line comment and, as implied, only applies to a single line in the “source code” (the program). The second is called a Block comment and refers usually refers to a paragraph of text. A block comment has a start symbol and an end symbol and everything between is ignored by the computer.