Hash Comment Action for Mac

Overview

What Hash Comment does

Prefix every selected line with a hash comment. It runs locally and handles the selected text without contacting a service.

Category	Developer Tools
Action type	JavaScript
Default result	Replace or copy text
Internet	Not required

Example

Action and outcome

Hash Comment example
Action	Outcome
Hash CommentSelected text: first second	# first # second

Workflow

Use Hash Comment

Follow these steps to prefix every selected line with a hash comment with ActionClip.

Select the text you want to use.
Choose Hash Comment from ActionClip.
Review the result, then replace the selection or copy the new text.

Before you add it

Requirements and privacy

Before you start: No setup required.
Your selected text: Runs locally in ActionClip’s JavaScript sandbox. Selected text does not leave your Mac.

Inspect before installing

Action script

The script below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

JavaScript definition

function run(selected_text) {
  return selected_text.replace(/\r\n?|\u2028|\u2029|\u0085|\u000B|\u000C/g, "\n")
    .split("\n")
    .map(function (line) { return "# " + line; })
    .join("\n");
}