From: dkmd_nielsen@...
Date: 2006-10-17T05:40:20+09:00
Subject: I don't even know what to ask for

I have a command line shell that I plan to run over and over again.
It's base functionality is to accept a list of files names and a file
name containing the logic to be applied to the contents of said files.
My shell script contains the logic for accepting the shell commmands
and list of files.  However, I am unable to figure out how to accept a
simple block of logic from a separate file and use it as a method
within the shell.  An example of the type of logic would be:

# Find parm arg that follows equal sign and upper case it.
# If the arg contains D:\, then change to E:\ if it is
# not a "Work File Directory" parm.
def updatevalue(rec)		# rec is the record to update
   i = nil			# create i
   i = parm.index('=')+1 if parm =~ /^[\*\s]|^(BEGIN|END)/
   if i				# If i has a value
      j = rec.length-i		# determine length of value
      rec[i,j] = rec[i,j].upcase  # upper case that portion of text
      i = rec.index('D:\\')	# Does arg contain D:?
      rec = rec[0,i]+'E:'+rec[i+3,rec.length-i] if i && (rec !~ /^Work
File Directory/)
   end
   rec
end

What I envision is:

E:\> ruby TemplateList.rb -v -f TemplateList.txt -m updatevalue.rb

Where updatevalue.rb is the module I would like to be considered the
processing block applied to all records read.

Within the shell TemplateList.rb is currently:  recs.each {|rec|
tmp.write(updatevalue(rec))  }

I just don't know the correct terminology that will lead me to the
correct solution.