ruby template testing

template_test.rb

require 'erb'

@template_variable = 'hostname.net'

template = ERB.new File.read("/root/checkouts/my_template.erb"), nil, "%"
puts template.result(binding)

## The template file
# .split and .first will split hostname.net into two fields and print the 
# first field

# <node name="<%= @template_variable.split(".").first %>">