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+describe "The -a command line option" do
+  before :each do
+    @names  = fixture __FILE__, "full_names.txt"
+  end
+
+  it "runs the code in loop conditional on Kernel.gets()" do
+    ruby_exe("puts $F.last", options: "-n -a", escape: true,
+                             args: " < #{@names}").should ==
+      "jones\nfield\ngrey\n"
+  end
+
+  it "sets $-a" do
+    ruby_exe("puts $-a", options: "-n -a", escape: true,
+                         args: " < #{@names}").should ==
+      "true\ntrue\ntrue\n"
+  end
+end