$ pm_1178405_ini_file_clean.pl | cat -vet Contents of 'MySection':$ ; This is a comment line for MySection$ fld1 = 'value of field 1'$ fld2 = 42$ Contents of 'AnotherSection':$ ; another comment$ asfld=69$ Contents of 'WhitespaceSection':$ ; Comment starting with a tab$ ; Comment starting with a tab and a space$ ; Comment starting with a space$ ; Comment ending with a tab$ ; Comment ending with a tab and a space$ ; Comment ending with a space$ ; tab+space+comment+space+tab$ ; space+tab+comment+tab+space$ qwe=rty$ asd=fgh$