From: Brett Simmers <bsimmers@...>
Date: 2007-07-05T07:49:46+09:00
Subject: Re: How to find at which line characters appear

f = File.open('filename')
until f.gets.chomp == "---------"; end
#continue processing here

That should do the trick.  The next line returned by f.gets will be the 
first line after the "--------".  If you want the actual line number, 
f.lineno should give it to you. 

-Brett

Al Cholic wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a file that includes a "---------" string at a certain line
> number.  How can I find out at which line number the string occurs?
> Would it be best to split the text file into an array with split("\n")
> and then use a for loop or is there some other hidden methods in ruby?
>
> Basically I want to start reading a text file after the "---------" line
> that appears in it.
>
> Can someone help please?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>