From: Mike Stok <mike@...>
Date: 2009-11-20T05:52:43+09:00
Subject: Re: For Loop


On Nov 19, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Gilberto Gilberto wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I am starting to experiment with Ruby for Sys Admin tasks.  Now, I have
> been working with Shell scripting for a few years now.  Currently, I am
> trying to figure out how I can create a "for loop" in Ruby.
> 
> In bash, I have the following: (the following is what I would like to
> translate in Ruby but can't seem to figure this out)
> 
> BASH - here, I am trying to copy a few files to the same server in one
> shot
> 
> for groups in "Account File" \
>              "Bank File" \
>              "Study Case" \
>              "Overall Status" ;
> do
>              scp $groups user@server1:/tmp
> done
> 
> 
> For Ruby, I tried -
> 
> for group in Account File",
>              "Bank File",
>              "Study Case",
>              "Overall Status"
> do
>              (scp groups user@server1:/tmp)
> end
> 
> Of course, I get syntax errors everywhere.  I am not sure how to use a
> for loop in this case.  Any input?


[ "Account File", "Bank File", "Study Case", "Overall Status" ].each do |group|
  puts "processing #{group}"
end

Hope this helps,

Mike

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