On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 09:10:46PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote: > > + count=$1 ;# expected tabs > > Why semicolon before the hash here and above? I am in the habit of doing this, too. I have a vague recollection of getting bitten by a shell that treated: echo foo # bar or something similar as not-a-comment. But neither bash, dash, nor ksh seem to. So I'm not sure if it was some other shell in my past, or if I simply have an irrational fear. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html