From: Daniel Schierbeck <daniel.schierbeck@...>
Date: 2005-12-31T20:02:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Beginners Question

joe quimby wrote:
> Hello Folks,
> 
> I am trying to learn ruby, so i wrote some simple scripts.
> But the following script does not work as expected:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/ruby
> 
> while gets != nil
>   print $_
> end
> 
> if i call 'echo.rb' (without any parameters) from my cygwin shell, the 
> scripts does what i expect it to do. It reads and returns the input.
> But if i call it with any parameters, like
> 
>   echo.rb anything
> 
> i get a error message saying : '... `gets': No such file or directory - 
> 12 (Errno::ENOENT)...'
> 
> Does anybody understand this ?
> 
> Thanx
> Joe
> 

Try this instead:

   while input = $stdin.gets
     puts input
   end


Cheers,
Daniel