Print all lines in a config file which are _not_ commented out (i.e. lines using #)

conf_grep.sh

# Place this function inside your `.bashrc` or `.zshrc` file, source it, and use
# it by calling on it from your terminal like this:
#
# $ conf_grep settings-file.conf
#
# This will find and print a sorted list of all the lines which do _not_ have a
# pound/hashtag (#) sign at the beginning (leading spaces are ignored), i.e.
# print all lines which are not comments.
conf_grep ()
{
    egrep '^[[:blank:]]*[^[:blank:]#]' $1 | sort
}

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