[TUHS] sh: cmd | >file

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/5/20 3:15 AM, Brantley Coile wrote:
> V7 indeed did not have "#" as a comment. Programs use the ":" command for that, and was careful of what was in the comment. The ":" command was called SYSNULL in the source. 
>     Later versions of Steve's shell had COMCHAR defined to be a "#" and tested for that symbol in word(), eating up all the characters until it got to a newline. The version of Seventh Edition I used to carry around and embed in things had that mod. My original Seventh did not.

I think the 7th edition shell I have must have those changes, since it
definitely understands `#' comments.

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