[PIG-519] allow for '#' to signify a comment in a PIG script

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.2.0
• Component/s: grunt

Environment

linux/unix

• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Ian Holsman
• Reporter: Ian Holsman
• Created: 09/Nov/08 23:39
• Updated: 24/Mar/10 22:04
• Resolved: 14/Nov/08 17:55

Description

in unix type operating systems, it is common to just run scripts directly from the shell.
In order to do this scripts need to have the command to run them on the first line similar to

#!/usr/bin/env pig -

this patch allows you to just run scripts without specifying pig -f XXX