batchurls = batchfd.readlines()
batchurls = [x.strip() for x in batchurls]
batchurls = [x for x in batchurls if len(x) > 0 and not re.search(r'^[#/;]', x)]
batchurls = batchfd.readlines()
batchurls = [x.strip() for x in batchurls]
batchurls = [x for x in batchurls if len(x) > 0 and not re.search(r'^[#/;]', x)]