From: John Johnson <jj5412@...>
Date: 2003-04-27T10:11:06+09:00
Subject: Re: File reading and line continuation with '\'

This should do it:

File.open(in_filename, "r") { |inFile|
  inFile.each_line ("\\") { |line|
	# whatever
  }
}

Regards,
  JJ

On Sat, 2003-04-26 at 20:39, Jim Freeze wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> Is there an simple way to get ruby to read lines in a file
> ending with a backslash, '\', as a single line?
> 
> > cat a
> one\
> two
> irb(main):001:0> a=File.read("a")
> => "one\\\ntwo\n"
> irb(main):002:0> b=File.readlines("a")
> => ["one\\\n", "two\n"]
> 
> I would like instead:
>  
>  f=File.readlines("a")
>  ["onetwo\n"]
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- 
> Jim Freeze
> ----------
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> 	Mistaken at the top of one's voice.
> 		-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
>