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comments

All text between a ! character and the end of line is treated as a comment. Comments are most useful when entered into a script. Since there is no difference between reading from the terminal or reading from a script, comments can also be entered interactively.

There are two types of comments. If the first character in the line is ! then the entire line is ignored and the next line is read. If ! is in the input line, but is not the first character, the ! and all following characters are removed. Thus if the software requires that you enter a blank line (i.e., default) and you wish to include a comment, then you must include one or more spaces before the !.

Examples: 


xsel >  show       ! This is a comment  
xsel >  ! this line is completely ignored  
xsel >   ! this causes the program to read a blank line



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HEASARC Staff Scientist Position - Applications are now being accepted for a Staff Scientist with significant experience and interest in the technical aspects of astrophysics research, to work in the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, MD. Refer to the AAS Job register for full details.