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HP OpenVMS DCL Dictionary

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! (Comment Delimiter)

Indicates that everything that follows it on a command line is a comment and should not be processed as part of a command.

Format

!

Example

$ !
$ WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "hello"     ! This command should output "hello".
hello
$ FOO = " "                    ! This command defines FOO as a blank.
$ FOO WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "hello" ! This command should output "hello".
hello
$ FOO = "!"                    ! This command defines FOO as a !.
$ FOO WRITE SYS$OUTPUT "hello" ! This command should be ignored.
$

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