When running ruby scripts as such
ruby some-script.rb How would I include a file (e.g. configuration file) in it dynamically?
When running ruby scripts as such ruby some-script.rb How would I include a file
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When running ruby scripts as such
ruby some-script.rb How would I include a file (e.g. configuration file) in it dynamically?
As you have found, the -r option is your friend. It also works with IRB:
Will do the same as
require 'open-uri'FWIW, the most common thing I need to include via the command line is rubygems. And since newer versions of ruby come with gems built in I don’t want to edit the file, but include it for testing. Luckily the folks who created gems added a little alias sugar.
You can do the following:
Instead of the ugly:
OK, so it is one character, but thought it was extra polish to make me happier.