add line-commenting feature to nameget.sh

diff --git a/nameget.sh b/nameget.sh
index 43016dac8a38c17d60db3b531fdedb28f45c2239..bb3d2a1ce27ff99f7c6742683ea02efbc49986a8 100755 (executable)
--- a/nameget.sh
+++ b/nameget.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Get a list of urls and optional corresponding output paths, then send them to wg
 
 \e[1mOPTIONS:\e[0m
   -l, --list
-    Text file where each line contains a url and filename separated by a space. Filename is optional.
+    Text file where each line contains a url and filename separated by a space. Filename is optional. Lines starting with # are ignored.
     Default: ./queue.txt
 
   -h, --help
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ output "Starting downloading files in $(readlink -f $list) to $outdir" "\n\e[1m"
 
 while read -r url filename; do
 
+  # Ignore if line is commented
+  [[ "$url" =~ ^\s*#.*  ]] && continue
+
   # parse output filename
   destarg=''    # placeholder for -O argument (output filename)
   if [ -z "$filename" ] || [ "filename" = "" ]; then