#

# strips the given file and writes to stdout:
#
#   - hashmark comments through EOL
#   - any whitespace leading up to them
#   - all blank lines
#
strip_file_stdout ()
{
        cat "$1" |
        sed -r 's/[[:blank:]]*#.*$//' |
        sed -r '/^[[:blank:]]*$/d'
}
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