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The command set datafile commentschars specifies what characters can be used in a data file to begin comment lines. If the first non-blank character on a line is one of these characters then the rest of the data line is ignored. Default value of the string is "#!" on VMS and "#" otherwise.
Syntax:
set datafile commentschars {"<string>"} show datafile commentschars unset commentschars
Then, the following line in a data file is completely ignored
# 1 2 3 4
but the following
1 # 3 4
will be interpreted as garbage in the 2nd column followed by valid data in the 3rd and 4th columns.
Example:
set datafile commentschars "#!%"