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 ```shell
 systemctl list-unit-files | grep -E "bluetooth|dbus"
 ```
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+## find only lines which do not start with `#`
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+useful to only see configured settings in config files etc., it'll also omit empty lines:
+
+```shell
+grep -vE '^#|^$' filename
+```