Ruby File I/O

I/O modes

• "r": It is the default mode that starts in the beginning of the file.
• "r+": In this mode both reading and writing operations are done
• "w": In this mode the user can perform only the writing operation, this mode either creates a new file or truncates an existing file
• "w+": In this mode both reading and writing operations can be done. Also, this mode either creates a new file or truncates an existing file
• "a": In this mode we can only write into the file, Also if the file does not exist a new file will be created else it will append the input at the end of the file
• "A+": In this mode both read/write operations can be done into the file, Also if the file does not exist a new file will be created else it will append the input at the end of the file
   

Ruby opening a file

There are two ways of opening a file in ruby
new

• File.new method: Using this method we can create a new file.open
• File.open method: Using this method an object is created, and the file is assigned to the object

Note: File.open method can be associated with a block.
 

Difference between both the methods is that File.open method can be associated with a block while File.new method can't.

f = File.new("fileName.rb")  

Or,

File.open("fileName.rb", "mode") do |f|  

Ruby reading a file

There are three different methods to read a file.

To return a single line,getsis used.

Example:

file = File.open("filename.txt", "r")
contents = file.read
puts contents

To return the whole file after the current position,readis used.

Example:

file = File.open("filename.txt", "r")
contents = file.read
puts contents

To return file as an array of lines,readlinesis used.

Example:

File.readlines("filename.txt").each_with_index do |line, line_num|
  puts "#{line_num}: #{line}"
end

Ruby renaming and deleting a file

To rename a file use the rename command.

To rename a file

File.rename("olderName.txt", "newName.txt")

To delete a file we can use the delete command.

To delete a file

File.delete("filename.txt")