From: jab3 <brucej03@...>
Date: 2007-01-28T01:20:37+09:00
Subject: Re: script with -e command line option???

On Friday 26 January 2007 17:08, Suresh Unadrad <Suresh Unadrad 
<sunadrad@yahoo.com>> wrote:
> Wolfgang N叩dasi-donner wrote:
> > My answer is from Windows 2000, Ruby 1.8.5, but the reason may be,
> > that there is
> > no file in your directory which mathes "*.txt"
>
> no, that's not my problem.  oh - but this reminds me that if i just
> use something like "print" for the command line command, then it
> works fine:
>
> $ ls *.txt
> test.txt
>
> $ more test.txt
> I wish I had a fish.
> I wish I had a wombat.
> Fish are tasty.
> Wombats are tasty too.
>
> $ ruby -n -e "print if /wombat/" *.txt
> -e:1: No such file or directory - if (Errno::ENOENT)
>
> $ ruby -n -e "print if /wombat/" test.txt
> -e:1: No such file or directory - if (Errno::ENOENT)
>

jab3:~% cat > wombat.txt
I wish I had a fish.
I wish I had a wombat.
Fish are tasty.
Wombats are tasty too.
jab3:~% ruby -n -e "print if /wombat/" *.txt
I wish I had a wombat.
jab3:~%

Something is screwy with your setup.  Note that it is complaining that 
the file 'if' doesn't exist.  You could try something like this and see 
if it works:

ruby -n -e "$stdout.print if /wombat/" *.txt

Why it thinks that 'if' should be a file I'm not sure about.

-jab3

> $ ruby -n -e "print" test.txt
> I wish I had a fish.
> I wish I had a wombat.
> Fish are tasty.
> Wombats are tasty too.
>
> $ ruby -n -e "print" if test.txt
> -e:1: No such file or directory - if (Errno::ENOENT)
>
> so it seems clear that ruby isn't getting the entire -e argument,
> probably due to intereference by BASH.  anyone know how to fix this?
>
> --su