From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@...>
Date: 2002-05-06T19:44:07+09:00
Subject: Re: newbie Q: how to strip blank lines from file?

David Alan Black wrote:


>   fout = File.open("snip.out", "w")
>   File.open("snip.txt").each do |line|
>     fout.print line if /\S/.match(line)
>   end


I'm not sure, but shouldn't snip.out get closed?
Should the following work?


open("snip.out", "w") do |out|
  open("snip.txt").each do |line|
    out.print line unless /^\s+$/.match(line)
  end

end


Tobi

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