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authormatz <matz@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>1999-09-18 04:48:51 +0000
committermatz <matz@b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e>1999-09-18 04:48:51 +0000
commit7152df6b9b3b95d93607127d853c02e03e42a327 (patch)
tree988114e2435a507f4b00c7bd568adeed7c587243 /ruby.1
parent12494013d2dc8597924e30581fbf55feeb3290a4 (diff)
990918-repack
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@531 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e
Diffstat (limited to 'ruby.1')
-rw-r--r--ruby.130
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/ruby.1 b/ruby.1
index 53b9b61378..9fa429fbdd 100644
--- a/ruby.1
+++ b/ruby.1
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ ruby - Interpreted object-oriented scripting language
.BI -e "command"\c
] [ \c
.BI -F "pattern"\c
- ]
+ ]
[ \c
.BI -i "[extension]"\c
] [ \c
.BI -I "dir"\c
] [ \c
.BI -r "library"\c
- ]
+ ]
[ \c
.BI -S \c
] [ \c
@@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ ruby - Interpreted object-oriented scripting language
.BI -x "[directory]"\c
] [ \c
.BI -X "directory"\c
- ] [ \c
-.BI -y \c
-]
+ ]
[ \c
+.BI -y \c
+] [ \c
.BI -- \c
] [ programfile ] [ argument ] ...
-
+
.SH PREFACE
Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text
files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple,
straight-forward, and extensible.
-.PP
+.PP
If you want a language for easy object-oriented programming, or you
don't like the Perl ugliness, or you do like the concept of lisp, but
don't like too much parentheses, Ruby may be the language of your
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ interpreter on-the-fly.
.SH COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
Ruby interpreter accepts following command-line options (switches).
They are quite similar to those of Perl.
-.TP
+.TP
.B -0[octal]
specifies the input record separator ($/) as an octal number. If no
digit is given, the null character is taken as the separator. Other
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ turns on auto-split mode when used with -n or -p. In auto-split
mode, Ruby executes
.nf
.ne 1
-\& $F = $_.split
+\& $F = $_.split
at beginning of each loop.
.fi
.TP
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ prints the copyright notice.
turns on debug mode. $DEBUG will set true.
.TP
.B -e command
-specifies script from command-line while telling Ruby to not
+specifies script from command-line while telling Ruby to not
search argv for script filenames.
.TP
.B -F pattern
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ causes Ruby to assume the following loop around your script,
which makes it iterate over filename arguments somewhat like
sed -n or awk.
.nf
-.ne 3
+.ne 3
\& while gets
\& ...
\& end
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ any filename arguments (or before a --). Any switches found there are
removed from ARGV and set the corresponding variable in the script.
example:
.nf
-.ne 3
+.ne 3
\& #! /usr/local/bin/ruby -s
\& # prints "true" if invoked with `-xyz' switch.
\& print "true\en" if $xyz
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ script, unless if its name begins with a slash. This is used to
emulate #! on machines that don't support it, in the following
manner:
.nf
-.ne 2
+.ne 2
\& #! /usr/local/bin/ruby
\& # This line makes the next one a comment in ruby \e
\& exec /usr/local/bin/ruby -S $0 $*
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ messages if this variable is true. If this switch is given, and no
other switches are present, Ruby quits after printing its version.
.TP
.B -T[level]
-turns on taint checks at the specified level (default 1).
+turns on taint checks at the specified level (default 1).
.TP
.B --version
prints the version of Ruby interpreter.
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ beginning. It set the `$VERBOSE' variable to true.
.B -x[directory]
tells Ruby that the script is embedded in a message. Leading garbage
will be discarded until the first that starts with "#!" and contains
-the string, "ruby". Any meaningful switches on that line will applied.
+the string, "ruby". Any meaningful switches on that line will applied.
The end of script must be specified with either EOF, ^D (control-D),
^Z (control-Z), or reserved word __END__.If the directory name is
specified, Ruby will switch to that directory before executing script.