From: phlip Date: 2008-06-30T21:17:24+09:00 Subject: Re: How to doing a "grep -v" to hide "---" line added by Hash#to_yaml ? >> However, the Hash did not add the --- . It is part of the YAML standard as >> the start of a document. You should consider leaving it alone, because >> other YAML tools will like it. > > Yes, that's true, that "---" is part of the YAML grammar, but the fact is that > I'm only showing it, printing it, no more. I too have automatically whacked it, for that reason. (-: