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# This extension adds a UNIX-style pipe to strings
#
# Synopsis:
#
# >> puts "UtilityBelt is better than alfalfa" | "cowsay"
#  ____________________________________
# < UtilityBelt 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

13 entries across 13 versions & 6 rubygems

Version	Path
FreedomCoder-utility_belt-1.1.1.2	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
FreedomCoder-utility_belt-1.1.1	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
akitaonrails-utility_belt-1.0.10	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
akitaonrails-utility_belt-1.0.11	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
akitaonrails-utility_belt-1.0.12	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
mguterl-utility_belt-1.0.7	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
rwilcox-utility_belt-1.0.7	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
rwilcox-utility_belt-1.0.9	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
timocratic-utility_belt-1.0.7.1	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
timocratic-utility_belt-1.0.7.2	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
timocratic-utility_belt-1.0.7.3	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
akitaonrails-utility_belt-1.0.13	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb
utility_belt-1.1.0	lib/utility_belt/pipe.rb