LPM: unless ($line =~ /^#/)

[Rich Bowen]

Ronald Edward Petty wrote:
> 
> Can someone who knows perlese explain
> 
> unless ($line =~ /^#/)
> 
> does this mean do the unless if the line doesn't start with a #??

It means "unless ($line starts with #) ..."

Which translates into

if the line does not start with #, do the following.

unless is the negation of if

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