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chrisaiv on 06/04/08


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Open a text file and re-write its contents into a new text file

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Basic example of how to open a text file and print them (including line-numbers) into a new text file

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  1. counter = 1
  2. old_file = File.open("./Car.txt", "r")
  3. new_file = File.new("./NewCar.txt", "w")
  4. while( line = old_file.gets )
  5.   new_file.puts "#{counter}: #{line}"
  6.   counter = counter + 1
  7. end
  8. new_file.close

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Posted By: c00lryguy on June 13, 2008

dude.. why not:

File.open("./lol.txt", "r") { |file| File.new("./#{ File.basename(file.path, ".txt") }_new.txt", "w+").puts(file.read) }

Or:

File.open("./lol.txt", "r") { |fileold| filenewfilename = "#{ File.basename(file.path, ".txt") }new.txt" #append "new" to the end of the filename filenew = File.new(filenewfilename, "w+") file_new.puts(file.read) }

Posted By: c00lryguy on June 13, 2008

Gah, the site messed up the second one. but you get the point. Ruby is stronger than you think

Posted By: chrisaiv on June 20, 2008

Right on "c00lryguy", thanks for the post. You're right too, Ruby is one bad ass language.

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