Question

I want to have a text template file that would contain variables.

• the file is read
• variables replaced with its values
• the file is saved

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• I tried to have a file with #{my_variable} but actually the character # is escaped so #{my_variable} is not replaced with the value of the variable because it’s text.
• tried to escape # in the text file \# but it didn’t work

Is there any way that I don’t have to do search and replace in this scenario?

Answer 1

As clyfe mentioned, you should definitely be using ERB’s for this:

http://www.rrn.dk/rubys-erb-templating-system/

This will let you use variables, loops, methods, etc. and is far more robust.