[ale] dreaded spaces in file names....

[Dow Hurst]

Thanks!  I needed to see that in ruby!
Dow


Fletch wrote:
> Or even this . . . 
> 
> (yes, I got bored and I'm re-learning ruby)
> 
> #!/usr/bin/ruby
> 
> unless ARGV.size == 1
>   $stderr.puts "usage: #{$0} pattern"
>   exit 1
> end
> 
> pattern = %r(#{ARGV[0]});
> 
> IO.popen( "locate .txt" ) do |locate|
>   locate.readlines.grep(/\.txt$/).map { |n| n.chomp! }.each do |fname|
>     begin
>       File.open( fname, "r" ) do |cur|
>         cur.each { |l| puts "#{fname}: #{l}" if l =~ pattern }
>       end
>     rescue IOError
>       puts "problem opening #{fname}: #{$!}"
>       next
>     end 
>   end
> end
> 
> __END__
> 

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