From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2002-11-06T08:12:39+09:00
Subject: Re: total newbie's IO troubles.

From: "Camden Buzard" <camdenb@hotmail.com>


> I don't seem to understand the concept of IO streams. I have figured
> out how to open up files, but I don't seem to be able to do much with
> them. some documentation has clued me into things like each_line or
> each_byte, but I still don't really understand the whole deal.
>
> could someone please give me a quick rundown on the basics of file
> access, IO, and data flow from said files?
>
> --Camden Buzard

In the list "Things That Ruby Newcomers Should Know" there are some helpful
references, especially "Programming Ruby", that will help you here.

Basically:

File.open(path) do |file|
  file.each_line do |line|
    puts "> #{line}"
  end
end

Gavin