| Module | Kernel |
| In: |
object.c
lib/open-uri.rb lib/pathname.rb lib/pp.rb lib/scanf.rb lib/uri/common.rb lib/yaml.rb |
Returns arg as an Array. First tries to call arg.to_ary, then arg.to_a.
Array(1..5) #=> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Converts arg to a Fixnum or Bignum. Numeric types are converted directly (with floating point numbers being truncated). If arg is a String, leading radix indicators (0, 0b, and 0x) are honored. Others are converted using to_int and to_i. This behavior is different from that of String#to_i.
Integer(123.999) #=> 123
Integer("0x1a") #=> 26
Integer(Time.new) #=> 1204973019
Converts arg to a String by calling its to_s method.
String(self) #=> "main" String(self.class) #=> "Object" String(123456) #=> "123456"
Returns the name of the current method as a Symbol. If called outside of a method, it returns nil.
Returns the name of the current method as a Symbol. If called outside of a method, it returns nil.
Returns the standard output of running cmd in a subshell. The built-in syntax %x{…} uses this method. Sets $? to the process status.
`date` #=> "Wed Apr 9 08:56:30 CDT 2003\n" `ls testdir`.split[1] #=> "main.rb" `echo oops && exit 99` #=> "oops\n" $?.exitstatus #=> 99
Terminate execution immediately, effectively by calling Kernel.exit(1). If msg is given, it is written to STDERR prior to terminating.
Converts block to a Proc object (and therefore binds it at the point of call) and registers it for execution when the program exits. If multiple handlers are registered, they are executed in reverse order of registration.
def do_at_exit(str1)
at_exit { print str1 }
end
at_exit { puts "cruel world" }
do_at_exit("goodbye ")
exit
produces:
goodbye cruel world
Registers filename to be loaded (using Kernel::require) the first time that module (which may be a String or a symbol) is accessed.
autoload(:MyModule, "/usr/local/lib/modules/my_module.rb")
Returns a Binding object, describing the variable and method bindings at the point of call. This object can be used when calling eval to execute the evaluated command in this environment. Also see the description of class Binding.
def getBinding(param)
return binding
end
b = getBinding("hello")
eval("param", b) #=> "hello"
Returns true if yield would execute a block in the current context. The iterator? form is mildly deprecated.
def try
if block_given?
yield
else
"no block"
end
end
try #=> "no block"
try { "hello" } #=> "hello"
try do "hello" end #=> "hello"
Generates a Continuation object, which it passes to the associated block. Performing a cont.call will cause the callcc to return (as will falling through the end of the block). The value returned by the callcc is the value of the block, or the value passed to cont.call. See class Continuation for more details. Also see Kernel::throw for an alternative mechanism for unwinding a call stack.
Returns the current execution stack—an array containing strings in the form ``file:line’’ or ``file:line: in `method‘’’. The optional start parameter determines the number of initial stack entries to omit from the result.
def a(skip)
caller(skip)
end
def b(skip)
a(skip)
end
def c(skip)
b(skip)
end
c(0) #=> ["prog:2:in `a'", "prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:10"]
c(1) #=> ["prog:5:in `b'", "prog:8:in `c'", "prog:11"]
c(2) #=> ["prog:8:in `c'", "prog:12"]
c(3) #=> ["prog:13"]
catch executes its block. If a throw is executed, Ruby searches up its stack for a catch block with a tag corresponding to the throw‘s symbol. If found, that block is terminated, and catch returns the value given to throw. If throw is not called, the block terminates normally, and the value of catch is the value of the last expression evaluated. catch expressions may be nested, and the throw call need not be in lexical scope.
def routine(n)
puts n
throw :done if n <= 0
routine(n-1)
end
catch(:done) { routine(3) }
produces:
3 2 1 0
Replaces the current process by running the given external command. If optional arguments, sequence of arg, are not given, that argument is taken as a line that is subject to shell expansion before being executed. If one or more arg given, they are passed as parameters to command with no shell expansion. If command is a two-element array, the first element is the command to be executed, and the second argument is used as the argv[0] value, which may show up in process listings. In MSDOS environments, the command is executed in a subshell; otherwise, one of the exec(2) system calls is used, so the running command may inherit some of the environment of the original program (including open file descriptors).
The hash arguments, env and options, are same as system and spawn. See spawn for details.
Raises SystemCallError if the command couldn‘t execute (typically Errno::ENOENT when it was not found).
exec "echo *" # echoes list of files in current directory # never get here exec "echo", "*" # echoes an asterisk # never get here
Initiates the termination of the Ruby script by raising the SystemExit exception. This exception may be caught. The optional parameter is used to return a status code to the invoking environment.
begin
exit
puts "never get here"
rescue SystemExit
puts "rescued a SystemExit exception"
end
puts "after begin block"
produces:
rescued a SystemExit exception after begin block
Just prior to termination, Ruby executes any at_exit functions (see Kernel::at_exit) and runs any object finalizers (see ObjectSpace::define_finalizer).
at_exit { puts "at_exit function" }
ObjectSpace.define_finalizer("string", proc { puts "in finalizer" })
exit
produces:
at_exit function in finalizer
With no arguments, raises the exception in $! or raises a RuntimeError if $! is nil. With a single String argument, raises a RuntimeError with the string as a message. Otherwise, the first parameter should be the name of an Exception class (or an object that returns an Exception object when sent an exception message). The optional second parameter sets the message associated with the exception, and the third parameter is an array of callback information. Exceptions are caught by the rescue clause of begin...end blocks.
raise "Failed to create socket" raise ArgumentError, "No parameters", caller
Creates a subprocess. If a block is specified, that block is run in the subprocess, and the subprocess terminates with a status of zero. Otherwise, the fork call returns twice, once in the parent, returning the process ID of the child, and once in the child, returning nil. The child process can exit using Kernel.exit! to avoid running any at_exit functions. The parent process should use Process.wait to collect the termination statuses of its children or use Process.detach to register disinterest in their status; otherwise, the operating system may accumulate zombie processes.
The thread calling fork is the only thread in the created child process. fork doesn‘t copy other threads.
Returns the string resulting from applying format_string to any additional arguments. Within the format string, any characters other than format sequences are copied to the result.
The syntax of a format sequence is follows.
%[flags][width][.precision]type
A format sequence consists of a percent sign, followed by optional flags, width, and precision indicators, then terminated with a field type character. The field type controls how the corresponding sprintf argument is to be interpreted, while the flags modify that interpretation.
The field type characters are:
Field | Integer Format
------+--------------------------------------------------------------
b | Convert argument as a binary number.
| Negative numbers will be displayed as a two's complement
| prefixed with `..1'.
B | Equivalent to `b', but uses an uppercase 0B for prefix
| in the alternative format by #.
d | Convert argument as a decimal number.
i | Identical to `d'.
o | Convert argument as an octal number.
| Negative numbers will be displayed as a two's complement
| prefixed with `..7'.
u | Identical to `d'.
x | Convert argument as a hexadecimal number.
| Negative numbers will be displayed as a two's complement
| prefixed with `..f' (representing an infinite string of
| leading 'ff's).
X | Equivalent to `x', but uses uppercase letters.
Field | Float Format
------+--------------------------------------------------------------
e | Convert floating point argument into exponential notation
| with one digit before the decimal point as [-]d.dddddde[+-]dd.
| The precision specifies the number of digits after the decimal
| point (defaulting to six).
E | Equivalent to `e', but uses an uppercase E to indicate
| the exponent.
f | Convert floating point argument as [-]ddd.dddddd,
| where the precision specifies the number of digits after
| the decimal point.
g | Convert a floating point number using exponential form
| if the exponent is less than -4 or greater than or
| equal to the precision, or in dd.dddd form otherwise.
| The precision specifies the number of significant digits.
G | Equivalent to `g', but use an uppercase `E' in exponent form.
Field | Other Format
------+--------------------------------------------------------------
c | Argument is the numeric code for a single character or
| a single character string itself.
p | The valuing of argument.inspect.
s | Argument is a string to be substituted. If the format
| sequence contains a precision, at most that many characters
| will be copied.
The flags modifies the behavior of the formats. The flag characters are:
Flag | Applies to | Meaning
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
space | bBdiouxX | Leave a space at the start of
| eEfgG | non-negative numbers.
| (numeric fmt) | For `o', `x', `X', `b' and `B', use
| | a minus sign with absolute value for
| | negative values.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
(digit)$ | all | Specifies the absolute argument number
| | for this field. Absolute and relative
| | argument numbers cannot be mixed in a
| | sprintf string.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
# | bBoxX | Use an alternative format.
| eEfgG | For the conversions `o', increase the precision
| | until the first digit will be `0' if
| | it is not formatted as complements.
| | For the conversions `x', `X', `b' and `B'
| | on non-zero, prefix the result with ``0x'',
| | ``0X'', ``0b'' and ``0B'', respectively.
| | For `e', `E', `f', `g', and 'G',
| | force a decimal point to be added,
| | even if no digits follow.
| | For `g' and 'G', do not remove trailing zeros.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
+ | bBdiouxX | Add a leading plus sign to non-negative
| eEfgG | numbers.
| (numeric fmt) | For `o', `x', `X', `b' and `B', use
| | a minus sign with absolute value for
| | negative values.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
- | all | Left-justify the result of this conversion.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
0 (zero) | bBdiouxX | Pad with zeros, not spaces.
| eEfgG | For `o', `x', `X', `b' and `B', radix-1
| (numeric fmt) | is used for negative numbers formatted as
| | complements.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
* | all | Use the next argument as the field width.
| | If negative, left-justify the result. If the
| | asterisk is followed by a number and a dollar
| | sign, use the indicated argument as the width.
Examples of flags:
# `+' and space flag specifies the sign of non-negative numbers.
sprintf("%d", 123) #=> "123"
sprintf("%+d", 123) #=> "+123"
sprintf("% d", 123) #=> " 123"
# `#' flag for `o' increases number of digits to show `0'.
# `+' and space flag changes format of negative numbers.
sprintf("%o", 123) #=> "173"
sprintf("%#o", 123) #=> "0173"
sprintf("%+o", -123) #=> "-173"
sprintf("%o", -123) #=> "..7605"
sprintf("%#o", -123) #=> "..7605"
# `#' flag for `x' add a prefix `0x' for non-zero numbers.
# `+' and space flag disables complements for negative numbers.
sprintf("%x", 123) #=> "7b"
sprintf("%#x", 123) #=> "0x7b"
sprintf("%+x", -123) #=> "-7b"
sprintf("%x", -123) #=> "..f85"
sprintf("%#x", -123) #=> "0x..f85"
sprintf("%#x", 0) #=> "0"
# `#' for `X' uses the prefix `0X'.
sprintf("%X", 123) #=> "7B"
sprintf("%#X", 123) #=> "0X7B"
# `#' flag for `b' add a prefix `0b' for non-zero numbers.
# `+' and space flag disables complements for negative numbers.
sprintf("%b", 123) #=> "1111011"
sprintf("%#b", 123) #=> "0b1111011"
sprintf("%+b", -123) #=> "-1111011"
sprintf("%b", -123) #=> "..10000101"
sprintf("%#b", -123) #=> "0b..10000101"
sprintf("%#b", 0) #=> "0"
# `#' for `B' uses the prefix `0B'.
sprintf("%B", 123) #=> "1111011"
sprintf("%#B", 123) #=> "0B1111011"
# `#' for `e' forces to show the decimal point.
sprintf("%.0e", 1) #=> "1e+00"
sprintf("%#.0e", 1) #=> "1.e+00"
# `#' for `f' forces to show the decimal point.
sprintf("%.0f", 1234) #=> "1234"
sprintf("%#.0f", 1234) #=> "1234."
# `#' for `g' forces to show the decimal point.
# It also disables stripping lowest zeros.
sprintf("%g", 123.4) #=> "123.4"
sprintf("%#g", 123.4) #=> "123.400"
sprintf("%g", 123456) #=> "123456"
sprintf("%#g", 123456) #=> "123456."
The field width is an optional integer, followed optionally by a period and a precision. The width specifies the minimum number of characters that will be written to the result for this field.
Examples of width:
# padding is done by spaces, width=20
# 0 or radix-1. <------------------>
sprintf("%20d", 123) #=> " 123"
sprintf("%+20d", 123) #=> " +123"
sprintf("%020d", 123) #=> "00000000000000000123"
sprintf("%+020d", 123) #=> "+0000000000000000123"
sprintf("% 020d", 123) #=> " 0000000000000000123"
sprintf("%-20d", 123) #=> "123 "
sprintf("%-+20d", 123) #=> "+123 "
sprintf("%- 20d", 123) #=> " 123 "
sprintf("%020x", -123) #=> "..ffffffffffffffff85"
For numeric fields, the precision controls the number of decimal places displayed. For string fields, the precision determines the maximum number of characters to be copied from the string. (Thus, the format sequence %10.10s will always contribute exactly ten characters to the result.)
Examples of precisions:
# precision for `d', 'o', 'x' and 'b' is
# minimum number of digits <------>
sprintf("%20.8d", 123) #=> " 00000123"
sprintf("%20.8o", 123) #=> " 00000173"
sprintf("%20.8x", 123) #=> " 0000007b"
sprintf("%20.8b", 123) #=> " 01111011"
sprintf("%20.8d", -123) #=> " -00000123"
sprintf("%20.8o", -123) #=> " ..777605"
sprintf("%20.8x", -123) #=> " ..ffff85"
sprintf("%20.8b", -11) #=> " ..110101"
# "0x" and "0b" for `#x' and `#b' is not counted for
# precision but "0" for `#o' is counted. <------>
sprintf("%#20.8d", 123) #=> " 00000123"
sprintf("%#20.8o", 123) #=> " 00000173"
sprintf("%#20.8x", 123) #=> " 0x0000007b"
sprintf("%#20.8b", 123) #=> " 0b01111011"
sprintf("%#20.8d", -123) #=> " -00000123"
sprintf("%#20.8o", -123) #=> " ..777605"
sprintf("%#20.8x", -123) #=> " 0x..ffff85"
sprintf("%#20.8b", -11) #=> " 0b..110101"
# precision for `e' is number of
# digits after the decimal point <------>
sprintf("%20.8e", 1234.56789) #=> " 1.23456789e+03"
# precision for `f' is number of
# digits after the decimal point <------>
sprintf("%20.8f", 1234.56789) #=> " 1234.56789000"
# precision for `g' is number of
# significant digits <------->
sprintf("%20.8g", 1234.56789) #=> " 1234.5679"
# <------->
sprintf("%20.8g", 123456789) #=> " 1.2345679e+08"
# precision for `s' is
# maximum number of characters <------>
sprintf("%20.8s", "string test") #=> " string t"
Examples:
sprintf("%d %04x", 123, 123) #=> "123 007b"
sprintf("%08b '%4s'", 123, 123) #=> "01111011 ' 123'"
sprintf("%1$*2$s %2$d %1$s", "hello", 8) #=> " hello 8 hello"
sprintf("%1$*2$s %2$d", "hello", -8) #=> "hello -8"
sprintf("%+g:% g:%-g", 1.23, 1.23, 1.23) #=> "+1.23: 1.23:1.23"
sprintf("%u", -123) #=> "-123"
Returns (and assigns to $_) the next line from the list of files in ARGV (or $*), or from standard input if no files are present on the command line. Returns nil at end of file. The optional argument specifies the record separator. The separator is included with the contents of each record. A separator of nil reads the entire contents, and a zero-length separator reads the input one paragraph at a time, where paragraphs are divided by two consecutive newlines. If the first argument is an integer, or optional second argument is given, the returning string would not be longer than the given value. If multiple filenames are present in ARGV, +gets(nil)+ will read the contents one file at a time.
ARGV << "testfile" print while gets
produces:
This is line one This is line two This is line three And so on...
The style of programming using $_ as an implicit parameter is gradually losing favor in the Ruby community.
Returns an array of the names of global variables.
global_variables.grep /std/ #=> [:$stdin, :$stdout, :$stderr]
Returns true if yield would execute a block in the current context. The iterator? form is mildly deprecated.
def try
if block_given?
yield
else
"no block"
end
end
try #=> "no block"
try { "hello" } #=> "hello"
try do "hello" end #=> "hello"
Loads and executes the Ruby program in the file filename. If the filename does not resolve to an absolute path, the file is searched for in the library directories listed in $:. If the optional wrap parameter is true, the loaded script will be executed under an anonymous module, protecting the calling program‘s global namespace. In no circumstance will any local variables in the loaded file be propagated to the loading environment.
Returns the names of the current local variables.
fred = 1
for i in 1..10
# ...
end
local_variables #=> ["fred", "i"]
Repeatedly executes the block.
loop do
print "Input: "
line = gets
break if !line or line =~ /^qQ/
# ...
end
StopIteration raised in the block breaks the loop.
Creates an IO object connected to the given stream, file, or subprocess.
If path does not start with a pipe character (``|’’), treat it as the name of a file to open using the specified mode (defaulting to ``r’’).
The mode_enc is either a string or an integer. If it is an integer, it must be bitwise-or of open(2) flags, such as File::RDWR or File::EXCL. If it is a string, it is either "mode", "mode:ext_enc", or "mode:ext_enc:int_enc". The mode is one of the following:
r: read (default) w: write a: append
The mode can be followed by "b" (means binary-mode), or "+" (means both reading and writing allowed) or both. If ext_enc (external encoding) is specified, read string will be tagged by the encoding in reading, and output string will be converted to the specified encoding in writing. If two encoding names, ext_enc and int_enc (external encoding and internal encoding), are specified, the read string is converted from ext_enc to int_enc then tagged with the int_enc in read mode, and in write mode, the output string will be converted from int_enc to ext_enc before writing.
If a file is being created, its initial permissions may be set using the integer third parameter.
If a block is specified, it will be invoked with the File object as a parameter, and the file will be automatically closed when the block terminates. The call returns the value of the block.
If path starts with a pipe character, a subprocess is created, connected to the caller by a pair of pipes. The returned IO object may be used to write to the standard input and read from the standard output of this subprocess. If the command following the ``|’’ is a single minus sign, Ruby forks, and this subprocess is connected to the parent. In the subprocess, the open call returns nil. If the command is not ``-’’, the subprocess runs the command. If a block is associated with an open("|-") call, that block will be run twice—once in the parent and once in the child. The block parameter will be an IO object in the parent and nil in the child. The parent‘s IO object will be connected to the child‘s $stdin and $stdout. The subprocess will be terminated at the end of the block.
open("testfile") do |f|
print f.gets
end
produces:
This is line one
Open a subprocess and read its output:
cmd = open("|date")
print cmd.gets
cmd.close
produces:
Wed Apr 9 08:56:31 CDT 2003
Open a subprocess running the same Ruby program:
f = open("|-", "w+")
if f == nil
puts "in Child"
exit
else
puts "Got: #{f.gets}"
end
produces:
Got: in Child
Open a subprocess using a block to receive the I/O object:
open("|-") do |f|
if f == nil
puts "in Child"
else
puts "Got: #{f.gets}"
end
end
produces:
Got: in Child
For each object, directly writes obj.inspect followed by the current output record separator to the program‘s standard output.
S = Struct.new(:name, :state) s = S['dave', 'TX'] p s
produces:
#<S name="dave", state="TX">
Prints each object in turn to $stdout. If the output field separator ($,) is not nil, its contents will appear between each field. If the output record separator ($\) is not nil, it will be appended to the output. If no arguments are given, prints $_. Objects that aren‘t strings will be converted by calling their to_s method.
print "cat", [1,2,3], 99, "\n" $, = ", " $\ = "\n" print "cat", [1,2,3], 99
produces:
cat12399 cat, 1, 2, 3, 99
With no arguments, raises the exception in $! or raises a RuntimeError if $! is nil. With a single String argument, raises a RuntimeError with the string as a message. Otherwise, the first parameter should be the name of an Exception class (or an object that returns an Exception object when sent an exception message). The optional second parameter sets the message associated with the exception, and the third parameter is an array of callback information. Exceptions are caught by the rescue clause of begin...end blocks.
raise "Failed to create socket" raise ArgumentError, "No parameters", caller
Converts max to an integer using max1 = max.to_i.abs. If the result is zero, returns a pseudorandom floating point number greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than 1.0. Otherwise, returns a pseudorandom integer greater than or equal to zero and less than max1. Kernel::srand may be used to ensure repeatable sequences of random numbers between different runs of the program. Ruby currently uses a modified Mersenne Twister with a period of 2**19937-1.
srand 1234 #=> 0 [ rand, rand ] #=> [0.191519450163469, 0.49766366626136] [ rand(10), rand(1000) ] #=> [6, 817] srand 1234 #=> 1234 [ rand, rand ] #=> [0.191519450163469, 0.49766366626136]
Returns an array containing the lines returned by calling Kernel.gets(sep) until the end of file.
Ruby tries to load the library named string, returning true if successful. If the filename does not resolve to an absolute path, it will be searched for in the directories listed in $:. If the file has the extension ``.rb’’, it is loaded as a source file; if the extension is ``.so’’, ``.o’’, or ``.dll’’, or whatever the default shared library extension is on the current platform, Ruby loads the shared library as a Ruby extension. Otherwise, Ruby tries adding ``.rb’’, ``.so’’, and so on to the name. The name of the loaded feature is added to the array in $". A feature will not be loaded if it‘s name already appears in $". However, the file name is not converted to an absolute path, so that ``require ‘a’;require ’./a‘’’ will load a.rb twice.
require "my-library.rb" require "db-driver"
See Kernel#select.
Establishes proc as the handler for tracing, or disables tracing if the parameter is nil. proc takes up to six parameters: an event name, a filename, a line number, an object id, a binding, and the name of a class. proc is invoked whenever an event occurs. Events are: c-call (call a C-language routine), c-return (return from a C-language routine), call (call a Ruby method), class (start a class or module definition), end (finish a class or module definition), line (execute code on a new line), raise (raise an exception), and return (return from a Ruby method). Tracing is disabled within the context of proc.
class Test
def test
a = 1
b = 2
end
end
set_trace_func proc { |event, file, line, id, binding, classname|
printf "%8s %s:%-2d %10s %8s\n", event, file, line, id, classname
}
t = Test.new
t.test
line prog.rb:11 false
c-call prog.rb:11 new Class
c-call prog.rb:11 initialize Object
c-return prog.rb:11 initialize Object
c-return prog.rb:11 new Class
line prog.rb:12 false
call prog.rb:2 test Test
line prog.rb:3 test Test
line prog.rb:4 test Test
return prog.rb:4 test Test
Suspends the current thread for duration seconds (which may be any number, including a Float with fractional seconds). Returns the actual number of seconds slept (rounded), which may be less than that asked for if another thread calls Thread#run. Zero arguments causes sleep to sleep forever.
Time.new #=> 2008-03-08 19:56:19 +0900 sleep 1.2 #=> 1 Time.new #=> 2008-03-08 19:56:20 +0900 sleep 1.9 #=> 2 Time.new #=> 2008-03-08 19:56:22 +0900
Similar to Kernel::system except for not waiting for end of cmd, but returns its pid.
If a hash is given as env, the environment is updated by env before exec(2) in the child process.
If a hash is given as options, it specifies process group, resource limit, current directory, umask and redirects for the child process. Also, it can be specified to clear environment variables.
The :unsetenv_others key in options specifies to clear environment variables, other than specified by env.
pid = spawn(command, :unsetenv_others=>true) # no environment variable
pid = spawn({"FOO"=>"BAR"}, command, :unsetenv_others=>true) # FOO only
The :pgroup key in options specifies a process group. The corresponding value should be true, zero or positive integer. true and zero means the process should be a process leader. Other values specifies a process group to be belongs.
pid = spawn(command, :pgroup=>true) # process leader pid = spawn(command, :pgroup=>10) # belongs to the process group 10
The :rlimit_foo key specifies a resource limit. foo should be one of resource types such as core The corresponding value should be an integer or an array which have one or two integers: same as cur_limit and max_limit arguments for Process.setrlimit.
pid = spawn(command, :rlimit_core=>0) # never dump core. cur, max = Process.getrlimit(:CORE) pid = spawn(command, :rlimit_core=>[0,max]) # disable core temporary. pid = spawn(command, :rlimit_core=>max) # enable core dump
The :chdir key in options specifies the current directory.
pid = spawn(command, :chdir=>"/var/tmp")
The :umask key in options specifies the umask.
pid = spawn(command, :umask=>077)
The :in, :out, :err, a fixnum, an IO and an array key specifies a redirect. The redirection maps a file descriptor in the child process.
For example, stderr can be merged into stdout:
pid = spawn(command, :err=>:out) pid = spawn(command, STDERR=>STDOUT) pid = spawn(command, 2=>1)
The hash keys specifies a file descriptor in the child process started by spawn. :err, STDERR and 2 specifies the standard error stream.
The hash values specifies a file descriptor in the parent process which invokes spawn. :out, STDOUT and 1 specifies the standard output stream.
The standard output in the child process is not specified. So it is inherited from the parent process.
The standard input stream can be specifed by :in, STDIN and 0.
A filename can be specified as a hash value.
pid = spawn(command, STDIN=>"/dev/null") # read mode pid = spawn(command, STDOUT=>"/dev/null") # write mode pid = spawn(command, STDERR=>"log") # write mode pid = spawn(command, 3=>"/dev/null") # read mode
For standard output and standard error, it is opened in write mode. Otherwise read mode is used.
For specifying flags and permission of file creation explicitly, an array is used instead.
pid = spawn(command, STDIN=>["file"]) # read mode is assumed pid = spawn(command, STDIN=>["file", "r"]) pid = spawn(command, STDOUT=>["log", "w"]) # 0644 assumed pid = spawn(command, STDOUT=>["log", "w", 0600]) pid = spawn(command, STDOUT=>["log", File::WRONLY|File::EXCL|File::CREAT, 0600])
The array specifies a filename, flags and permission. The flags can be a string or an integer. If the flags is ommitted or nil, File::RDONLY is assumed. The permission should be an integer. If the permission is ommitted or nil, 0644 is assumed.
If an array of IOs and integers are specified as a hash key, all the elemetns are redirected.
# standard output and standard error is redirected to log file. pid = spawn(command, [STDOUT, STDERR]=>["log", "w"])
spawn closes all non-standard unspecified descriptors by default. The "standard" descriptors are 0, 1 and 2. This behavior is specified by :close_others option. :close_others doesn‘t affect the standard descriptors which are closed only if :close is specified explicitly.
pid = spawn(command, :close_others=>true) # close 3,4,5,... (default) pid = spawn(command, :close_others=>false) # don't close 3,4,5,...
:close_others is true by default for spawn and IO.popen.
So IO.pipe and spawn can be used as IO.popen.
# similar to r = IO.popen(command) r, w = IO.pipe pid = spawn(command, STDOUT=>w) # r, w is closed in the child process. w.close
:close is specified as a hash value to close a fd individualy.
f = open(foo) system(command, f=>:close) # don't inherit f.
It is also possible to exchange file descriptors.
pid = spawn(command, STDOUT=>STDERR, STDERR=>STDOUT)
The hash keys specify file descriptors in the child process. The hash values specifies file descriptors in the parent process. So the above specifies exchanging STDOUT and STDERR. Internally, spawn uses an extra file descriptor to resolve such cyclic file descriptor mapping.
Returns the string resulting from applying format_string to any additional arguments. Within the format string, any characters other than format sequences are copied to the result.
The syntax of a format sequence is follows.
%[flags][width][.precision]type
A format sequence consists of a percent sign, followed by optional flags, width, and precision indicators, then terminated with a field type character. The field type controls how the corresponding sprintf argument is to be interpreted, while the flags modify that interpretation.
The field type characters are:
Field | Integer Format
------+--------------------------------------------------------------
b | Convert argument as a binary number.
| Negative numbers will be displayed as a two's complement
| prefixed with `..1'.
B | Equivalent to `b', but uses an uppercase 0B for prefix
| in the alternative format by #.
d | Convert argument as a decimal number.
i | Identical to `d'.
o | Convert argument as an octal number.
| Negative numbers will be displayed as a two's complement
| prefixed with `..7'.
u | Identical to `d'.
x | Convert argument as a hexadecimal number.
| Negative numbers will be displayed as a two's complement
| prefixed with `..f' (representing an infinite string of
| leading 'ff's).
X | Equivalent to `x', but uses uppercase letters.
Field | Float Format
------+--------------------------------------------------------------
e | Convert floating point argument into exponential notation
| with one digit before the decimal point as [-]d.dddddde[+-]dd.
| The precision specifies the number of digits after the decimal
| point (defaulting to six).
E | Equivalent to `e', but uses an uppercase E to indicate
| the exponent.
f | Convert floating point argument as [-]ddd.dddddd,
| where the precision specifies the number of digits after
| the decimal point.
g | Convert a floating point number using exponential form
| if the exponent is less than -4 or greater than or
| equal to the precision, or in dd.dddd form otherwise.
| The precision specifies the number of significant digits.
G | Equivalent to `g', but use an uppercase `E' in exponent form.
Field | Other Format
------+--------------------------------------------------------------
c | Argument is the numeric code for a single character or
| a single character string itself.
p | The valuing of argument.inspect.
s | Argument is a string to be substituted. If the format
| sequence contains a precision, at most that many characters
| will be copied.
The flags modifies the behavior of the formats. The flag characters are:
Flag | Applies to | Meaning
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
space | bBdiouxX | Leave a space at the start of
| eEfgG | non-negative numbers.
| (numeric fmt) | For `o', `x', `X', `b' and `B', use
| | a minus sign with absolute value for
| | negative values.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
(digit)$ | all | Specifies the absolute argument number
| | for this field. Absolute and relative
| | argument numbers cannot be mixed in a
| | sprintf string.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
# | bBoxX | Use an alternative format.
| eEfgG | For the conversions `o', increase the precision
| | until the first digit will be `0' if
| | it is not formatted as complements.
| | For the conversions `x', `X', `b' and `B'
| | on non-zero, prefix the result with ``0x'',
| | ``0X'', ``0b'' and ``0B'', respectively.
| | For `e', `E', `f', `g', and 'G',
| | force a decimal point to be added,
| | even if no digits follow.
| | For `g' and 'G', do not remove trailing zeros.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
+ | bBdiouxX | Add a leading plus sign to non-negative
| eEfgG | numbers.
| (numeric fmt) | For `o', `x', `X', `b' and `B', use
| | a minus sign with absolute value for
| | negative values.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
- | all | Left-justify the result of this conversion.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
0 (zero) | bBdiouxX | Pad with zeros, not spaces.
| eEfgG | For `o', `x', `X', `b' and `B', radix-1
| (numeric fmt) | is used for negative numbers formatted as
| | complements.
---------+---------------+-----------------------------------------
* | all | Use the next argument as the field width.
| | If negative, left-justify the result. If the
| | asterisk is followed by a number and a dollar
| | sign, use the indicated argument as the width.
Examples of flags:
# `+' and space flag specifies the sign of non-negative numbers.
sprintf("%d", 123) #=> "123"
sprintf("%+d", 123) #=> "+123"
sprintf("% d", 123) #=> " 123"
# `#' flag for `o' increases number of digits to show `0'.
# `+' and space flag changes format of negative numbers.
sprintf("%o", 123) #=> "173"
sprintf("%#o", 123) #=> "0173"
sprintf("%+o", -123) #=> "-173"
sprintf("%o", -123) #=> "..7605"
sprintf("%#o", -123) #=> "..7605"
# `#' flag for `x' add a prefix `0x' for non-zero numbers.
# `+' and space flag disables complements for negative numbers.
sprintf("%x", 123) #=> "7b"
sprintf("%#x", 123) #=> "0x7b"
sprintf("%+x", -123) #=> "-7b"
sprintf("%x", -123) #=> "..f85"
sprintf("%#x", -123) #=> "0x..f85"
sprintf("%#x", 0) #=> "0"
# `#' for `X' uses the prefix `0X'.
sprintf("%X", 123) #=> "7B"
sprintf("%#X", 123) #=> "0X7B"
# `#' flag for `b' add a prefix `0b' for non-zero numbers.
# `+' and space flag disables complements for negative numbers.
sprintf("%b", 123) #=> "1111011"
sprintf("%#b", 123) #=> "0b1111011"
sprintf("%+b", -123) #=> "-1111011"
sprintf("%b", -123) #=> "..10000101"
sprintf("%#b", -123) #=> "0b..10000101"
sprintf("%#b", 0) #=> "0"
# `#' for `B' uses the prefix `0B'.
sprintf("%B", 123) #=> "1111011"
sprintf("%#B", 123) #=> "0B1111011"
# `#' for `e' forces to show the decimal point.
sprintf("%.0e", 1) #=> "1e+00"
sprintf("%#.0e", 1) #=> "1.e+00"
# `#' for `f' forces to show the decimal point.
sprintf("%.0f", 1234) #=> "1234"
sprintf("%#.0f", 1234) #=> "1234."
# `#' for `g' forces to show the decimal point.
# It also disables stripping lowest zeros.
sprintf("%g", 123.4) #=> "123.4"
sprintf("%#g", 123.4) #=> "123.400"
sprintf("%g", 123456) #=> "123456"
sprintf("%#g", 123456) #=> "123456."
The field width is an optional integer, followed optionally by a period and a precision. The width specifies the minimum number of characters that will be written to the result for this field.
Examples of width:
# padding is done by spaces, width=20
# 0 or radix-1. <------------------>
sprintf("%20d", 123) #=> " 123"
sprintf("%+20d", 123) #=> " +123"
sprintf("%020d", 123) #=> "00000000000000000123"
sprintf("%+020d", 123) #=> "+0000000000000000123"
sprintf("% 020d", 123) #=> " 0000000000000000123"
sprintf("%-20d", 123) #=> "123 "
sprintf("%-+20d", 123) #=> "+123 "
sprintf("%- 20d", 123) #=> " 123 "
sprintf("%020x", -123) #=> "..ffffffffffffffff85"
For numeric fields, the precision controls the number of decimal places displayed. For string fields, the precision determines the maximum number of characters to be copied from the string. (Thus, the format sequence %10.10s will always contribute exactly ten characters to the result.)
Examples of precisions:
# precision for `d', 'o', 'x' and 'b' is
# minimum number of digits <------>
sprintf("%20.8d", 123) #=> " 00000123"
sprintf("%20.8o", 123) #=> " 00000173"
sprintf("%20.8x", 123) #=> " 0000007b"
sprintf("%20.8b", 123) #=> " 01111011"
sprintf("%20.8d", -123) #=> " -00000123"
sprintf("%20.8o", -123) #=> " ..777605"
sprintf("%20.8x", -123) #=> " ..ffff85"
sprintf("%20.8b", -11) #=> " ..110101"
# "0x" and "0b" for `#x' and `#b' is not counted for
# precision but "0" for `#o' is counted. <------>
sprintf("%#20.8d", 123) #=> " 00000123"
sprintf("%#20.8o", 123) #=> " 00000173"
sprintf("%#20.8x", 123) #=> " 0x0000007b"
sprintf("%#20.8b", 123) #=> " 0b01111011"
sprintf("%#20.8d", -123) #=> " -00000123"
sprintf("%#20.8o", -123) #=> " ..777605"
sprintf("%#20.8x", -123) #=> " 0x..ffff85"
sprintf("%#20.8b", -11) #=> " 0b..110101"
# precision for `e' is number of
# digits after the decimal point <------>
sprintf("%20.8e", 1234.56789) #=> " 1.23456789e+03"
# precision for `f' is number of
# digits after the decimal point <------>
sprintf("%20.8f", 1234.56789) #=> " 1234.56789000"
# precision for `g' is number of
# significant digits <------->
sprintf("%20.8g", 1234.56789) #=> " 1234.5679"
# <------->
sprintf("%20.8g", 123456789) #=> " 1.2345679e+08"
# precision for `s' is
# maximum number of characters <------>
sprintf("%20.8s", "string test") #=> " string t"
Examples:
sprintf("%d %04x", 123, 123) #=> "123 007b"
sprintf("%08b '%4s'", 123, 123) #=> "01111011 ' 123'"
sprintf("%1$*2$s %2$d %1$s", "hello", 8) #=> " hello 8 hello"
sprintf("%1$*2$s %2$d", "hello", -8) #=> "hello -8"
sprintf("%+g:% g:%-g", 1.23, 1.23, 1.23) #=> "+1.23: 1.23:1.23"
sprintf("%u", -123) #=> "-123"
Seeds the pseudorandom number generator to the value of number.to_i.abs. If number is omitted or zero, seeds the generator using a combination of the time, the process id, and a sequence number. (This is also the behavior if Kernel::rand is called without previously calling srand, but without the sequence.) By setting the seed to a known value, scripts can be made deterministic during testing. The previous seed value is returned. Also see Kernel::rand.
Calls the operating system function identified by fixnum, passing in the arguments, which must be either String objects, or Integer objects that ultimately fit within a native long. Up to nine parameters may be passed (14 on the Atari-ST). The function identified by fixnum is system dependent. On some Unix systems, the numbers may be obtained from a header file called syscall.h.
syscall 4, 1, "hello\n", 6 # '4' is write(2) on our box
produces:
hello
Executes cmd in a subshell, returning true if the command gives zero exit status, false for non zero exit status. Returns nil if command execution fails. An error status is available in $?. The arguments are processed in the same way as for Kernel::exec.
The hash arguments, env and options, are same as exec and spawn. See spawn for details.
system("echo *")
system("echo", "*")
produces:
config.h main.rb *
Uses the integer <i>aCmd</i> to perform various tests on
<i>file1</i> (first table below) or on <i>file1</i> and
<i>file2</i> (second table).
File tests on a single file:
Test Returns Meaning
?A | Time | Last access time for file1
?b | boolean | True if file1 is a block device
?c | boolean | True if file1 is a character device
?C | Time | Last change time for file1
?d | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a directory
?e | boolean | True if file1 exists
?f | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a regular file
?g | boolean | True if file1 has the \CF{setgid} bit
| | set (false under NT)
?G | boolean | True if file1 exists and has a group
| | ownership equal to the caller's group
?k | boolean | True if file1 exists and has the sticky bit set
?l | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a symbolic link
?M | Time | Last modification time for file1
?o | boolean | True if file1 exists and is owned by
| | the caller's effective uid
?O | boolean | True if file1 exists and is owned by
| | the caller's real uid
?p | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a fifo
?r | boolean | True if file1 is readable by the effective
| | uid/gid of the caller
?R | boolean | True if file is readable by the real
| | uid/gid of the caller
?s | int/nil | If file1 has nonzero size, return the size,
| | otherwise return nil
?S | boolean | True if file1 exists and is a socket
?u | boolean | True if file1 has the setuid bit set
?w | boolean | True if file1 exists and is writable by
| | the effective uid/gid
?W | boolean | True if file1 exists and is writable by
| | the real uid/gid
?x | boolean | True if file1 exists and is executable by
| | the effective uid/gid
?X | boolean | True if file1 exists and is executable by
| | the real uid/gid
?z | boolean | True if file1 exists and has a zero length
Tests that take two files:
?- | boolean | True if file1 and file2 are identical
?= | boolean | True if the modification times of file1
| | and file2 are equal
?< | boolean | True if the modification time of file1
| | is prior to that of file2
?> | boolean | True if the modification time of file1
| | is after that of file2
Controls tracing of assignments to global variables. The parameter +symbol_ identifies the variable (as either a string name or a symbol identifier). cmd (which may be a string or a Proc object) or block is executed whenever the variable is assigned. The block or Proc object receives the variable‘s new value as a parameter. Also see Kernel::untrace_var.
trace_var :$_, proc {|v| puts "$_ is now '#{v}'" }
$_ = "hello"
$_ = ' there'
produces:
$_ is now 'hello' $_ is now ' there'
Specifies the handling of signals. The first parameter is a signal name (a string such as ``SIGALRM’’, ``SIGUSR1’’, and so on) or a signal number. The characters ``SIG’’ may be omitted from the signal name. The command or block specifies code to be run when the signal is raised. If the command is the string ``IGNORE’’ or ``SIG_IGN’’, the signal will be ignored. If the command is ``DEFAULT’’ or ``SIG_DFL’’, the Ruby‘s default handler will be invoked. If the command is ``EXIT’’, the script will be terminated by the signal. If the command is ``SYSTEM_DEFAULT’’, the operating system‘s default handler will be invoked. Otherwise, the given command or block will be run. The special signal name ``EXIT’’ or signal number zero will be invoked just prior to program termination. trap returns the previous handler for the given signal.
Signal.trap(0, proc { puts "Terminating: #{$$}" })
Signal.trap("CLD") { puts "Child died" }
fork && Process.wait
produces:
Terminating: 27461
Child died
Terminating: 27460
Removes tracing for the specified command on the given global variable and returns nil. If no command is specified, removes all tracing for that variable and returns an array containing the commands actually removed.
Display the given message (followed by a newline) on STDERR unless warnings are disabled (for example with the -W0 flag).
makes possible to open various resources including URIs. If the first argument respond to `open’ method, the method is called with the rest arguments.
If the first argument is a string which begins with xxx://, it is parsed by URI.parse. If the parsed object respond to `open’ method, the method is called with the rest arguments.
Otherwise original open is called.
Since open-uri.rb provides URI::HTTP#open, URI::HTTPS#open and URI::FTP#open, Kernel[#.]open can accepts such URIs and strings which begins with http://, https:// and ftp://. In these case, the opened file object is extended by OpenURI::Meta.
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