[email protected]:~> ri IO::readlines
= IO::readlines
(from ruby site)
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IO.readlines(name, sep=$/ [, open_args]) -> array
IO.readlines(name, limit [, open_args]) -> array
IO.readlines(name, sep, limit [, open_args]) -> array
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Reads the entire file specified by name as individual lines, and
returns those lines in an array. Lines are separated by sep.
a = IO.readlines("testfile")
a[0] #=> "This is line one\n"
If the last argument is a hash, it the keyword argument to open. See IO.read
for detail.