From: jbw <jbw@...>
Date: 2010-03-23T00:19:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Reading contents of all files from a Directory

Also might want to check if it is a file and skip directories:

puts Dir["/*"].map { |f| if(!File.directory?(f)) then File.read f end }

But yes this isn't necessarily efficient or safe.

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Robert Klemme
<shortcutter@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 2010/3/21 Jonathan Nielsen <jonathan@jmnet.us>:
>>> arr = Dir.open("K:/test").entries
>>> arr.each do |file|
>>>  File.open(file) do |fd|
>>>    # do whatever you need with the file
>>>  end
>>> end
>>>
>>
>> Wow, I typoed that bad, but I hope you get the idea.  (corrected above.)
>
> If it is only for output purposes, we can actually do it in one line:
>
> puts Dir["K:/test/*"].map {|f| File.read f}
>
> Note: this is not necessarily efficient nor safe (just think of 3GB files...).
>
> Kind regards
>
> robert
>
> --
> remember.guy do |as, often| as.you_can - without end
> http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/
>
>



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jbw