From: "Mills Thomas (app1tam)" Date: 2003-10-15T03:05:44+09:00 Subject: Piping to windows command line .rb file doesn't work If I do this: home> type cat.rb I get this output: print $stdin.readlines If I do this: home> type cat.rb | ruby -e "print $stdin.readlines" I get this output (NOTE, it's the same): print $stdin.readlines If I type this command (.rb has been associated to ruby.exe on Win2K): home> type cat.rb | cat.rb I get this output: cat.rb:1:in `readlines': Bad file descriptor (Errno::EBADF) from cat.rb:1 Any ideas why this doesn't work? Drew