Hi, I was trying to use the STDIN.read in the IRB .This keep eating what ever I type .it never comes to the next line.I am not sure what is happening ...I not that famailiar with IO blocking ....probably the STDIN blocked something for reading... can some point to some kind of tutorial on Ruby's IO or explain what is wrong with STDIN.read THnks Chinna -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.