From: Pritam Dey Date: 2013-03-27T05:05:50+09:00 Subject: Why does ARGF#binmode removed/suppressed the fitst element from ARGV? I have been introduced to the class `ARGF` today. I was trying each of the methods of this class to see how they work. Doing so below sample made me confused. File name: `true.rb` contains the below code- p "welcome to the ARGF and ARGV learning script" p ARGV p ARGF.argv ARGF.argv.shift p ARGF.argv p ARGF.binmode? ARGF.binmode # Why `binmode` method call removing first item from the ARGV array. p ARGF.argv p ARGF.binmode? ARGV.shift p ARGF.read when I ran the below from the command prompt: D:\Rubyscript\My ruby learning days>ruby true.rb --verbrose a.txt b.txt c.txt *Output:* "welcome to the ARGF and ARGV learning script" ["--verbrose", "a.txt", "b.txt", "c.txt"] ["--verbrose", "a.txt", "b.txt", "c.txt"] ["a.txt", "b.txt", "c.txt"] false ["b.txt", "c.txt"] true "HI! I am in \"a.txt\"\r\nLet's start to read the file here.Hi! I am in \"c.txt\"." -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.