Filtering (comment) lines with # in column one using a Bash script

From: Phisherman (nobody_at_noone.com)
Date: 03/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:24:21 GMT

Is there an easy way to view all the lines of a file, except the lines
that begin with a pound sign (#)? I thought about using the commands
"less," "grep," and a pipe but I'm not sure about the proper
expression needed in grep.

What I want to do is view the contents of the file squid.conf without
all the comments. I know I could write a C program to do this, but
I'd rather use the Bash shell script.

Thanks

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