Fix command syntax in various scripts by removing comment slashes

mervereis · mervereis · commit 79e87742240a · 2026-07-13T22:45:13.000+01:00
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-01.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player in `scores-table.txt`.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with just one word on it.
 
-//awk '{print $1}' scores-table.txt
+awk '{print $1}' scores-table.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-02.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output the names of each player, as well as their city.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with two words on it, separated by a space.
-//awk '{print $1, $2}' scores-table.txt
+awk '{print $1, $2}' scores-table.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/awk/script-03.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output just the names of each player along with the score from their first attempt.
 # Your output should contain 6 lines, each with one word and one number on it.
 # The first line should be "Ahmed 1".
-//awk '{print $1, $3}' scores-table.txt
+awk '{print $1, $3}' scores-table.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-01.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output the contents of the helper-1.txt file inside the helper-files directory to the terminal.
 # The output of this command should be "Once upon a time...".
 
-//mkdir helper-files
-//cd helper-files
-//cat > helper-1.txt
-//Once upon a time...
-//press the return key and then control+D
+mkdir helper-files
+cd helper-files
+cat > helper-1.txt
+Once upon a time...
+press the return key and then control+D
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-02.sh
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # But this seemed like a bad idea...
 
 
-//cat > helper-2.txt
+cat > helper-2.txt
 There was a house made of gingerbread.
-//cat > helper-3.txt
+cat > helper-3.txt
 It looked delicious.
-// cat > helper-4.txt
+ cat > helper-4.txt
 I was tempted to take a bite of it.
-// cat >helper-5.txt
+ cat >helper-5.txt
 But this seemed like a bad idea...
-// helper-files % cd ..
-// % cat helper-files/*
+helper-files % cd ..
+ % cat helper-files/*
 There was a house made of gingerbread.It looked delicious.
 I was tempted to take a bite of it.
 But this seemed like a bad idea...
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/cat/script-03.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # 2 I was tempted to take a bite of it.
 # 3 But this seemed like a bad idea...
 
-// cd helper-files
-// helper-files % cat -n helper-3.txt
+ cd helper-files
+ helper-files % cat -n helper-3.txt
      1	It looked delicious.
      
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-01.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output every line in dialogue.txt said by the Doctor.
 # The output should contain 6 lines.
-//grep '^Doctor:' dialogue.txt
+grep '^Doctor:' dialogue.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-02.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output every line in dialogue.txt that contains the word Doctor (regardless of case).
 # The output should contain 9 lines.
-//grep -i 'Doctor' dialogue.txt
+grep -i 'Doctor' dialogue.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-03.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output the number of lines in dialogue.txt that contain the word Doctor (regardless of case).
 # The output should be exactly the number 9.
-//grep -i 'Doctor' dialogue.txt | wc -l
+grep -i 'Doctor' dialogue.txt | wc -l
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-04.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-04.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output every line in dialogue.txt that does not contain the word "Hello" (regardless of case).
 # The output should contain 10 lines.
-//grep -vi 'Hello' dialogue.txt
+grep -vi 'Hello' dialogue.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-05.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-05.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output every line in dialogue.txt that contains the string "cure", as well as the line before that line.
 # The output should contain two pairs of two lines of text (with a separator between them).
-//grep -B 1 'cure' dialogue.txt
+grep -B 1 'cure' dialogue.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-06.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-06.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output the name of every `.txt` file in this directory which contains a line of dialogue said by the Doctor.
 # The output should contain two filenames.
-//grep -l '^Doctor:' *.txt
+grep -l '^Doctor:' *.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-07.sh b/individual-shell-tools/grep/script-07.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output, for each `.txt` file in this directory, how many lines of dialogue the Doctor has.
 # The output should show that dialogue.txt contains 6 lines, dialogue-2.txt contains 2, and dialogue-3.txt contains 0.
-//grep -c '^Doctor:' *.txt
+grep -c '^Doctor:' *.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-01.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ fi
 
 # TODO: Write a command to list the files and folders in this directory.
 # The output should be a list of names including child-directory, script-01.sh, script-02.sh, and more.
-//ls
+ls
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-02.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command which lists all of the files in the directory named child-directory.
 # The output should be a list of names: helper-1.txt, helper-2.txt, helper-3.txt.
-//ls child-directory
+ls child-directory
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-04.sh b/individual-shell-tools/ls/script-04.sh
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ echo "First exercise (sorted newest to oldest):"
 
 # TODO: Write a command which lists the files in the child-directory directory, one per line, sorted so that the most recently modified file is first.
 # The output should be a list of names in this order, one per line: helper-3.txt, helper-1.txt, helper-2.txt.
-//ls -1t child-directory
+ls -1t child-directory
 
 
 echo "Second exercise (sorted oldest to newest):"
 
 # TODO: Write a command which does the same as above, but sorted in the opposite order (oldest first).
 # The output should be a list of names in this order, one per line: helper-2.txt, helper-1.txt, helper-3.txt.
-//ls -1tr child-directory
+ls -1tr child-directory
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-01.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output input.txt with all occurrences of the letter `i` replaced with `I`.
 # The output should contain 11 lines.
 # The first line of the output should be: "ThIs Is a sample fIle for experImentIng wIth sed.".
-//sed 's/i/I/g' input.txt
+sed 's/i/I/g' input.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-02.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # TODO: Write a command to output input.txt with numbers removed.
 # The output should contain 11 lines.
 # Line 6 of the output should be " Alisha".
-//sed 's/[0-9]//g' input.txt
+sed 's/[0-9]//g' input.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-03.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output input.txt removing any line which contains a number.
 # The output should contain 6 lines.
-//sed '/[0-9]/d' input.txt
+sed '/[0-9]/d' input.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-04.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output input.txt replacing every occurrence of the string "We'll" with "We will".
 # The output should contain 11 lines.
-//sed "s/We'll/We will/g" input.txt
+sed "s/We'll/We will/g" input.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-05.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-05.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # If a line starts with a number and a space, make the line instead end with a space and the number.
 # So line 6 which currently reads "37 Alisha" should instead read "Alisha 37".
 # The output should contain 11 lines.
-//sed 's/^\([0-9]\+\) \(.*\)$/\2 \1/' input.txt
+sed 's/^\([0-9]\+\) \(.*\)$/\2 \1/' input.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-06.sh b/individual-shell-tools/sed/script-06.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # The output should contain 11 lines.
 # Line 3 should be "It contains many lines, and there are some things you may want to do with each of them.".
 # Line 11 should be "We also should remember, when we go shopping, to get 4 items: oranges, cheese, bread, olives.".
-//sed 's/,\([^ ]\)/, \1/g' input.txt
+sed 's/,\([^ ]\)/, \1/g' input.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-01.sh b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-01.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output the number of words in the file helper-files/helper-3.txt.
 # The output should include the number 19. The output should not include the number 92.
-//wc -w helper-files/helper-3.txt
+wc -w helper-files/helper-3.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-02.sh b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-02.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # TODO: Write a command to output the number of lines in the file helper-files/helper-3.txt.
 # The output should include the number 3. The output should not include the number 19.
-//wc -l helper-files/helper-3.txt
+wc -l helper-files/helper-3.txt
diff --git a/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-03.sh b/individual-shell-tools/wc/script-03.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 #        1       7      39 ../helper-files/helper-2.txt
 #        3      19      92 ../helper-files/helper-3.txt
 #        5      30     151 total
-//wc helper-files/*
+wc helper-files/*
