convert ring file to plain text

convert.ring.file.to.plain.text.markdown

RingToFile = fun(InputFile,OutputFile) -> 
   {ok,Data} = file:read_file(InputFile),
   T = binary_to_term(Data),
   {ok,Handle} = file:open(OutputFile,[write,append]),
   Line = io_lib:format("~p", [T]),
   file:write(Handle, Line), 
   file:close(Handle)
end.

Example usage

10> RingToFile("./riak_core_ring.default.20150625091718","/tmp/ring.txt").
ok

ZSH.. generating a bunch of commands to run from Erlang:

for i in **/ring*/*def*(.:a); do echo "RingToFile(\"$i\",\"/tmp/$(echo $i | sed 's_.*/__g')\")." ; done

Result:

RingToFile("/Users/bryanhunt/upload.basho.com/foo/riak@10.0.0.10-riak-debug/riak@10.0.0.10-riak-debug/ring/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339",
"/tmp/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339").
RingToFile("/Users/bryanhunt/upload.basho.com/foo/riak@10.0.0.105-riak-debug/riak@10.0.0.105-riak-debug/ring/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339
","/tmp/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339").
RingToFile("/Users/bryanhunt/upload.basho.com/foo/riak@10.0.0.176-riak-debug/riak@10.0.0.176-riak-debug/ring/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339
","/tmp/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339").
RingToFile("/Users/bryanhunt/upload.basho.com/foo/riak@10.0.0.232-riak-debug/riak@10.0.0.232-riak-debug/ring/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339
","/tmp/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339").
RingToFile("/Users/bryanhunt/upload.basho.com/foo/riak@10.0.0.33-riak-debug/riak@10.0.0.33-riak-debug/ring/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339",
"/tmp/riak_core_ring.default.20150707050339").