From: ts Date: 2003-09-30T00:19:18+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Newbie's Question: Sockets - searching for equivalent to a perl programme >>>>> "g" == gabriele renzi writes: g> did you considred that 'puts' adds a line separatore by itself ? g> You should be using print or set the default line saparetor to \r\n #puts add a line separator if it don't exist : svg% ruby -e 'puts "a"; puts "b\n"; puts "c\n\n"' a b c svg% Guy Decoux