Hello -- On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Paul Duncan wrote: > input_file = ARGV.shift or die 'missing arguments' $ ruby thing.rb thing.rb:7: undefined method `die' for #<Object:0x40182ce0> (NameError) I'm going to go out on a limb here and speculate that you've done some Perl programming :-) David -- David Alan Black home: dblack / candle.superlink.net work: blackdav / shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav