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remove or add coments to line with some pattern in some file through command line...ideal for dockerfiles
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file.sh
comment is
sed -i '/<pattern>/s/^/#/g' file
And to uncomment it:
sed -i '/<pattern>/s/^#//g' file
In your case:
sed -i '/2001/s/^/#/g' file (to comment out)
sed -i '/2001/s/^#//g' file (to uncomment)
comments line with text 2001
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