From: Ronald Fischer Date: 2007-06-29T18:47:43+09:00 Subject: Feature Request: Special file '-' denoting stdin/stdout I would like to propose a feature for Ruby which can be found in Perl, and which is also frequently found in many Unix utilities and to my knowledge in all of the Gnu stuff: When a file is opened for reading, and the filename is "-", the file is assumed to be standard input. When a file is opened for writing, and the filename is "-", the file is assumed to be standard output. This come very handy when writing applications which accept filenames from, say, the command line or some configuration file. Without providing any special logic inside the application, input and output can be switched to stdin and stdout. Ronald -- Ronald Fischer Phone: +49-89-452133-162