From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2005-12-02T16:12:31+09:00
Subject: Re: rio-editing on-the-fly


Wybo Dekker wrote:
> according to the rio-docs I would expect it to be possible to edit a file
> on-the-fly; for example, I tried to make a copy of /etc/passwd with my own
> name (wybo) replaced with XXXX:
>
> rio('/etc/passwd').gsub(/wybo/,'XXXX')  > rio('new')
>
> but the resulting file "new" is an exact copy of /etc/passwd.
> What am I doing wrong?

You're not reading the file.  Try

  rio('/etc/passwd').read.gsub(/wybo/,'XXXX')  > rio('new')

Perhaps there's a better suggestion?

Gavin