From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-05-08T00:58:56+09:00
Subject: Re: any ideas for a shell based on Ruby?


"Martinus" <elmartinos@eml.cc> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:7024f804.0405070450.3d461846@posting.google.com...
> hello newsgroup,
>
> Recently I have played with the idea of writing a shell based on ruby.
> I think this would be pretty cool, consider the following syntax:
>
> user@machine ~> ls.sort(:time).last.rm
>
> removes the oldest file in current directory:
> 1. ls returns a special array of Filename objects
> 2. The array is sorted by the attribute :date
> 3. the last element is chosen from the array
> 4. the file removes itself
>
> I am looking for other good ideas that justify creating such a ruby
> based shell :-)

This is coming up every once in a while.

There *is* in fact already a Ruby shell: irb.  Together with fileutils you
get pretty much what you want to write...

Regards

    robert