Someone

for (i=total.begin(); i!= total.end(); i++){ // ignore all comments... don't get rid of stuff like "channel #main"
	std::string aline = *i;
	for (int j = 0; j < aline.size(); j++ ){
		if(aline[j] == ' ') // # always precede comments, even if there are spaces before the comment
			continue;
		if(aline[j] == '#')
			std::cout << "comment" << std::endl;
			total.erase(i);
			break;
		}
	
}