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instance method

ARGF#skip

ARGF.skip → ARGF

Sets the current file to the next file in ARGV. If there aren’t any more files it has no effect.

For example:

$ ruby argf.rb foo bar
ARGF.filename  #=> "foo"
ARGF.skip
ARGF.filename  #=> "bar"
See also #set_encoding #tell #seek #to_a also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0