From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2007-05-05T06:50:52+09:00
Subject: Re: Loop through files in a directory

On Sat, 5 May 2007, Ben Johnson wrote:

> I know this is a nub question, but the documentation on ruby is
> terrible.
>
> How do I loop through all of the files in a directory?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> -- 
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>


   harp:~ > ls dir
   a  b  c


   harp:~ > cat a.rb
   class Dir
     def self.ls dir, glob = File.join('**', '**'), &block
       ret = [] unless block
       Dir.glob(File.join(dir, glob)) do |entry|
         block ? block.call(entry) : ret.push(entry)
       end
       ret
     end
   end

   Dir.ls 'dir' do |entry|
     puts entry
   end

   entries = Dir.ls 'dir'
   p entries


   harp:~ > ruby a.rb
   dir/a
   dir/b
   dir/c
   ["dir/a", "dir/b", "dir/c"]

-a
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