Bash Script – Delete Comments from a C program

MQLONG  Reason;      /* Qualifying reason      */
MQOD    ObjDesc = {MQOD_DEFAULT}; /* Object descriptor      */
MQLONG  OpenOptions; /* Options control MQOPEN */
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   /*----------------------------------------- */
   /* Initialize the Object Descriptor (MQOD)  */
   /* control block.  (The remaining fields    */
   /* are already initialized.)                */
   /*------------------------------------------*/
   strncpy( ObjDesc.ObjectName,
            SYSTEM_REPLY_MODEL,
            MQ_Q_NAME_LENGTH );

#!/bin/bash
# Bash scripts to delete comments from a C program
 
name=${0##*/}
 
Usage="Usage: {script name} {target file}"
 
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then                   # if no argument specified
        echo $Usage                     # print Usage string value
        exit 1
fi
 
until [ $# -eq 0 ]
do
        case $1 in
                -h) echo $Usage         # print Usage string value if argument is -h
                        exit 0;;
                *) FILE=$1              # declare the next argument as `FILE`
                        shift;;
        esac
done
 
if [ ! -f $FILE ]; then                         # if the file is not exist
        echo "'$FILE' is not a exist"           # print the file name is not a exist
        exit 1                                  # terminate the program
else
        sed -i '/\*/s/\/\*.*\*\/$//' $FILE              # remove the comment using sed
        echo "Comments for $FILE has been removed"      # print the status
fi

$ /root/comment_remover /home/user1/program.c
Comments for /home/user1/program.c has been removed

MQLONG  Reason;
MQOD    ObjDesc = {MQOD_DEFAULT};
MQLONG  OpenOptions;
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   strncpy( ObjDesc.ObjectName,
            SYSTEM_REPLY_MODEL,
            MQ_Q_NAME_LENGTH );