From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2010-10-15T00:45:35+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting local variables for 'erb' command-line tool

On Oct 14, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Brian Candler wrote:

> I have a bunch of *.erb files which I would like to expand using the
> 'erb' command-line tool from within a shell script.
> 
> However, I can't see how to set local variables so that <%= foo %>
> works, other than piping the input onto stdin whilst prepending a
> section like this:
> 
> <%
> foo=123
> bar="baz"
> %>
> 
> Am I being dense here, or is this the only way to do it?

erb has a command-line switch to require a library.  That library could define top-level methods to serve as your local variables.  Just a thought.

James Edward Gray II