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instance method
Kernel#readlines
readlines(sep = $/, chomp: false, **enc_opts) → array
readlines(limit, chomp: false, **enc_opts) → array
readlines(sep, limit, chomp: false, **enc_opts) → array
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static VALUE
rb_f_readlines(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE recv)
{
if (recv == argf) {
return argf_readlines(argc, argv, argf);
}
return forward(argf, rb_intern("readlines"), argc, argv);
}
Returns an array containing the lines returned by calling Kernel#gets until the end-of-stream is reached; (see Line IO).
With only string argument sep given, returns the remaining lines as determined by line separator sep, or nil if none; see Line Separator:
# Default separator. $ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines" ["First line\n", "Second line\n", "\n", "Fourth line\n", "Fifth line\n"] # Specified separator. $ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines 'li'" ["First li", "ne\nSecond li", "ne\n\nFourth li", "ne\nFifth li", "ne\n"] # Get-all separator. $ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines nil" ["First line\nSecond line\n\nFourth line\nFifth line\n"] # Get-paragraph separator. $ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines ''" ["First line\nSecond line\n\n", "Fourth line\nFifth line\n"]
With only integer argument limit given, limits the number of bytes in the line; see Line Limit:
$cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines 10" ["First line", "\n", "Second lin", "e\n", "\n", "Fourth lin", "e\n", "Fifth line", "\n"] $cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines 11" ["First line\n", "Second line", "\n", "\n", "Fourth line", "\n", "Fifth line\n"] $cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines 12" ["First line\n", "Second line\n", "\n", "Fourth line\n", "Fifth line\n"]
With arguments sep and limit given, combines the two behaviors; see Line Separator and Line Limit.
Optional keyword argument chomp specifies whether line separators are to be omitted:
$ cat t.txt | ruby -e "p readlines(chomp: true)" ["First line", "Second line", "", "Fourth line", "Fifth line"]
Optional keyword arguments enc_opts specify encoding options; see Encoding options.