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instance method

ARGF#file

ARGF.file → IO or File object

static VALUE
argf_file(VALUE argf)
{
    next_argv();
    return ARGF.current_file;
}

Returns the current file as an IO or File object. $stdin is returned when the current file is STDIN.

For example:

$ echo "foo" > foo
$ echo "bar" > bar

$ ruby argf.rb foo bar

ARGF.file      #=> #<File:foo>
ARGF.read(5)   #=> "foo\nb"
ARGF.file      #=> #<File:bar>

See also #external_encoding #filename #eof? #fileno also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1

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