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# Bash Comments
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As with any other programming language, you can add comments to your script. Comments are used to leave yourself notes through your code.
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To do that in Bash, you need to add the `#` symbol at the beginning of the line. Comments will never be rendered on the screen.
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Here is an example of a comment:
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```bash
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# This is a comment and will not be rendered on the screen
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```
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Let's go ahead and add some comments to our script:
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```bash
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#!/bin/bash
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# Ask the user for their name
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read -p "What is your name? " name
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# Greet the user
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echo "Hi there $name"
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echo "Welcome to DevDojo!"
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```
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Comments are a great way to describe some of the more complex functionality directly in your scripts so that other people could find their way around your code with ease.
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