From: Albert Schlef Date: 2011-04-11T22:02:41+09:00 Subject: Re: File.open very basic Brett Kruger wrote in post #992039: > line_count = 0 > File.open("text.txt", "r").each { |line| line_count += 1 } > puts line_count > > [...] line_count always outputs 0 for me. Change the "File.open(......" line to: puts "Last modified:", File.mtime("text.txt") puts "Size:", File.size("text.txt") and see if the output makes sense. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.