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# This extension adds a UNIX-style pipe to strings
#
# Synopsis:
#
# >> puts "Flyrb is better than alfalfa" | "cowsay"
#  ____________________________________
# < Flyrb is better than alfalfa >
#  ------------------------------------
#         \   ^__^
#          \  (oo)\_______
#             (__)\       )\/\
#                 ||----w |
#                 ||     ||
# => nil
#
class String
  def |(cmd)
    IO.popen(cmd, 'r+') do |pipe|
      pipe.write(self)
      pipe.close_write
      pipe.read
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

3 entries across 3 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
flyrb-1.0.0.c	lib/flyrb/pipe.rb
flyrb-1.0.0.b	lib/flyrb/pipe.rb
flyrb-1.0.0.a	lib/flyrb/pipe.rb