Arbortext – ACL – Remove Comments From a File

douglaspaulwade — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:00:53 +0000

Here is a simple use of ACL (Arbortext Command Language) to remove all the comments in your file. Placing this function in a file, for example, removeComment.acl and store it in /custom/scripts/. You can call out the script either by using the command line or place it in a menu.

function removeComments() {
#— Removes all the comments in an instance
find -m ‘<_comment>’;
message "Removed all comments…";
while( selected() ) {
delete_mark;
find -m ‘<_comment>’;
}
}

Test the function by invoking it from the command line.
First, source the file.

Sourcing the remove comments function

Second, call out the function.

: Running the remove comments function

This function, again, will loop through the file and remove all comments.

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Arbortext – ACL – Remove Comments From a File