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Document that '#' starts a comment.

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PR:		85103
Submitted by:	garys
Obtained from:	pdksh manual
Patch from:	Daniel Gerzo (with changes by me)
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Stefan Farfeleder 2006-01-01 16:02:12 +00:00
parent 0606b9944a
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=153951
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@ -362,6 +362,13 @@ The following is a list of valid operators:
.It Li <& Ta Li >& Ta Li <<- Ta Li >|
.El
.El
.Pp
The character
.Ql #
introduces a comment if used at the beginning of a word.
The word starting with
.Ql #
and the rest of the line are ignored.
.Ss Quoting
Quoting is used to remove the special meaning of certain characters
or words to the shell, such as operators, whitespace, keywords,