Show a config file without comments
egrep -v 'press control + V then TAB then #' /your/file
or
egrep -v -f some_file /your/file #where some_file contains what you want to exclude, example a really inserted TAB
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1sed -e 's/#.*//;/^\s*$/d'
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1egrep -v "^$|^#" file
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This will remove all blank lines and lines that start with # to use for commented ines (irrespective of where the # starts in the line).
1egrep -v "^$|^.*#" file -
0egrep -v "^[[:blank:]]*($|#|//|/\*| \*|\*/)" somefile
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easier to remember Show Sample Output
0grep -v ^# /etc/somefile.conf | grep .
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sed -e '/^#.*/d' -e 's/#.*//g' /your/fileawk '!/^\ *#/&&(length > 0)' /your/file