.TH "decomment" 1 17Jan2021
.SH NAME
decomment \- remove comments from C and C++ files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B decomment [file(s)]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.I decomment
processes the named files, or standard input if none are named,
copying their contents to standard output with comments removed.
Line numbers in the input file(s) and out file(s) are unchanged,
that is, if \fCmain()\fR occurs on line 40 in the input, it will
also appear on line 40 in the output despite comment removal.
.SH APPLICATIONS
\fIdecomment\fR may be used to remove comments in order to simply
other programs which process source code.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
No parsing-related diagnostics.
.SH WARNINGS
.SH AUTHOR
Paul Bame

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR pmccabe (1),
.IR codechanges (1)