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Ruby script to copy one file to another
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# ruby script to copy one file to another. | |
from_file, to_file = ARGV | |
script = $0 | |
puts "Copying from #{from_file} to #{to_file}" | |
# we could do these two on one line too, how? | |
input = File.open(from_file) | |
indata = input.read() | |
puts "The input file is #{indata.length} bytes long" | |
puts "Does the output file exist? #{File.exists? to_file}" | |
puts "Ready, hit RETURN to continue, CTRL-C to abort." | |
STDIN.gets | |
output = File.open(to_file, 'w') | |
output.write(indata) | |
puts "Alright, all done." | |
output.close() | |
input.close() |
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