Peñá wrote:
> From: Joel VanderWerf [mailto:vjoel / path.berkeley.edu] 
> # luisbebop wrote:
> # >> ruby -pe'1' *
> # > 
> # > Can you explain ? Sorry, but I didn't understand.
> # If you run this in a shell, the * expands to all files. 
> # The -p switch means "for each  line in the files on the
> # command line, store  the line into $_, and print $_. 
> # Usually, you want to use -e'some code' to operate 
> # on $_. In this case, the '1' is a no-op, so it just 
> # prints the line without changing it. HTH.
> 
> wc also means,
> 
>   ruby -pe '' *

Ah, you're right. I tried

ruby -pe'' *

but that failed. With the extra space it works.

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