I see a lot of cool stuff I can add to my Ruby console. For example, a good list is
"My .irbrc for console/irb".
I googled, but all I found is weblogs saying what gems people add to their .irbrc. No one is saying where to find it.
I cannot find "irbrc".
I opened my home folder and, if I type IRB, it goes to the Ruby console, but I can't find this file.
Can someone help me locate it?
It's a irbrc dotfile so you will need to ls -a in your home directory to find it. If it isn't in there, simply create a .irbrc file.
Mine's pretty simple but this is what I have in it:
require 'rubygems'
require 'ap'
require 'irb/completion'
ARGV.concat [ "--readline", "--prompt-mode", "simple" ]
module Readline
module History
LOG = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.irb-history"
def self.write_log(line)
File.open(LOG, 'ab') {|f| f << "#{line}\n"}
end
def self.start_session_log
write_log("\n# session start: #{Time.now}\n\n")
at_exit { write_log("\n# session stop: #{Time.now}\n") }
end
end
alias :old_readline :readline
def readline(*args)
ln = old_readline(*args)
begin
History.write_log(ln)
rescue
end
ln
end
end
IRB::Irb.class_eval do
def output_value
ap #context.last_value
end
end
Readline::History.start_session_log
require 'irb/ext/save-history'
IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 100
IRB.conf[:HISTORY_FILE] = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.irb-save-history"
IRB.conf[:PROMPT_MODE] = :SIMPLE
require 'irb/completion'
If you are unable to find the file.irbrc in your home directory, simply create it in your home directory and fill it with some lines such as:
require "irb/completion"
Then your irb will automatically load completion module when you launch irb.
PS: it also works for UNIX/Linux system.
Related
I would like to have a clear function in my irb console, but there isn't one. Here's what I type in every time I load irb from the terminal:
def cls
system 'clear'
end
It's not real hard to type this each time a load irb, but it would certainly be nice to have this function load automatically when irb starts.
Is it possible to do this?
When irb is starting up, it looks for the file .irbrc in your home directory. If the file exists, it evaluates it. So this file is the perfect place to add some generic stuff to irb...
For inspiration, mine looks like this:
require 'rubygems'
require 'pp'
require 'irb/ext/save-history'
# add $HOME/lib to the load path
$: << '~/lib'
IRB.conf[:AUTO_INDENT] = true
IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 1000
IRB.conf[:HISTORY_FILE] = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.irb_history"
def real_instance_methods_of(klass)
klass.instance_methods - ((klass.ancestors - [klass]).map(&:instance_methods).flatten)
end
class Class
def instance_methods_defined_here
real_instance_methods_of self
end
end
# more stuff...
# ...
EDIT: I just noticed the comment by Dave Newton now; he already pointed out the .irbrc solution...
on a mac just hit CMD + K to clear the screen
I have multiple ruby test cases for selenium-webdriver and all the files are sharing the same user name and password to login to my account. Is there a way to create a global file and include that file in these test cases instead of typing them over and over again, something like #include?
Here is the part of the code that needs to be shared between other test cases:
def setup
#driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for :firefox
#base_url = "http://localhost:3000/"
#driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 30
#verification_errors = []
#facebook_ID = "xxxxxxxxxx#xxx.xxx"
#facebook_password = "xxxxxxx"
#facebook_receiver_friend = "John Smith"
end
There are multiple ways to do it.
You could use
require 'setup'
where setup.rb is the common file that has all the setting up variables/functions.
You could also use a YAML file. More information here. Where all your config attributes can be defined.
Also put this is at the top of the file $:.unshift '.' . This is so that your test file can "discover" your setup.rb file which is routable from the home directory.
Note - Even though you will save the file as setup.rb you will require as only setup.
I got my answer:
eval File.open('setup.dat').read
This will insert what I have in setup.dat as a text wherever I need it.
I've this script right now.
def r(this)
require this
puts "#{this} is now loaded."
rescue LoadError
puts "The gem '#{this}' is missing."
puts "Should I install it? [y/n]"
data = gets
if data =~ /yes|y/i
puts "Installing #{this}, hold on."
if `gem install #{this}` =~ /Successfully/i
load this
end
else
puts "Okey, goodbye."
end
end
That makes it possible to require libs on the fly.
Like this: r "haml".
The problem is that I can't load the gem after it has been installed.
Using load this or load File.expand_path("~/.irbrc") does not work.
Here is an example.
>> r "absolutize"
The gem 'absolutize' is missing.
Should I install it? [y/n]
y
Installing absolutize, hold on
LoadError: no such file to load -- absolutize
>> require "absolutize"
LoadError: no such file to load -- absolutize
>> exit
$ irb
>> require "absolutize"
=> true
Is there a way to reload rubygems or irb on the fly?
I did not try, but I think you might be looking for Gem.clear_paths
Reset the dir and path values. The next time dir or path is requested, the values will be calculated from scratch. This is mainly used by the unit tests to provide test isolation.
You can reset irb by calling exec('irb')
Just remove the file from ´$"´:
require 'erb' # Loaded.
require 'erb' # Does nothing.
$".delete_if {|e| e =~ /erb\.(?:rb|so)/} # Remove "erb" from loaded libraies.
require 'erb' # Reloaded (with warnings if the first require was successful).
See http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html#19
in ~/.irbrc i have these lines:
require 'irb/ext/save-history'
#History configuration
IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 100
IRB.conf[:HISTORY_FILE] = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.irb-save-history"
and yet when i run irb and hit the up arrow nothing happens. also the irb history file specified is not getting created and nothing is logged to it.
irb history works in Debian Linux out of the box. There's no etc/irbrc, nor do I have a ~/.irbrc. So, hmmmm.
This person put a bit more in his irbrc than you did. Do you suppose the ARGV.concat could be the missing piece?
require 'irb/completion'
require 'irb/ext/save-history'
ARGV.concat [ "--readline", "--prompt-mode", "simple" ]
IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 100
IRB.conf[:HISTORY_FILE] = "#{ENV['HOME']}/.irb-save-history"
I don't have an answer for you why the above doesn't work, but I did find a file, /etc/irbrc on my system (OS X - Snow Leopard, Ruby 1.8.7) that does provide a working, persistent history for me. So two pieces of advice: i) check your /etc/irbrc (or equivalent) to make sure that there isn't anything in there that might interfere with your settings, and ii) try out the settings below to see if you can get history working that way.
# Some default enhancements/settings for IRB, based on
# http://wiki.rubygarden.org/Ruby/page/show/Irb/TipsAndTricks
unless defined? ETC_IRBRC_LOADED
# Require RubyGems by default.
require 'rubygems'
# Activate auto-completion.
require 'irb/completion'
# Use the simple prompt if possible.
IRB.conf[:PROMPT_MODE] = :SIMPLE if IRB.conf[:PROMPT_MODE] == :DEFAULT
# Setup permanent history.
HISTFILE = "~/.irb_history"
MAXHISTSIZE = 100
begin
histfile = File::expand_path(HISTFILE)
if File::exists?(histfile)
lines = IO::readlines(histfile).collect { |line| line.chomp }
puts "Read #{lines.nitems} saved history commands from '#{histfile}'." if $VERBOSE
Readline::HISTORY.push(*lines)
else
puts "History file '#{histfile}' was empty or non-existant." if $VERBOSE
end
Kernel::at_exit do
lines = Readline::HISTORY.to_a.reverse.uniq.reverse
lines = lines[-MAXHISTSIZE, MAXHISTSIZE] if lines.nitems > MAXHISTSIZE
puts "Saving #{lines.length} history lines to '#{histfile}'." if $VERBOSE
File::open(histfile, File::WRONLY|File::CREAT|File::TRUNC) { |io| io.puts lines.join("\n") }
end
rescue => e
puts "Error when configuring permanent history: #{e}" if $VERBOSE
end
ETC_IRBRC_LOADED=true
end
This is a known bug with a patch available. Easiest solution is to overwrite save-history.rb:
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ext/save-history.rb
with a fixed version:
http://pastie.org/513500
or to do it in one go:
wget -O /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/irb/ext/save-history.rb http://pastie.org/pastes/513500/download
Check to make sure you built ruby with libreadline as irb history seems to not work without it.
This may also happen if you have extra irb config file, e.g. ~/.irbrc. If this is the case, copy the content from liwp's answer to the extra config and it should work.
I had the same problem on ubuntu 20.04 and fixed it by running:
gem install irb
What's the best way to require all files from a directory in ruby ?
How about:
Dir["/path/to/directory/*.rb"].each {|file| require file }
If it's a directory relative to the file that does the requiring (e.g. you want to load all files in the lib directory):
Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/lib/*.rb'].each {|file| require file }
Edit: Based on comments below, an updated version:
Dir[File.join(__dir__, 'lib', '*.rb')].each { |file| require file }
Try the require_all gem:
http://github.com/jarmo/require_all
https://rubygems.org/gems/require_all
It lets you simply:
require_all 'path/to/directory'
Dir[File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/*.rb'].each do |file|
require File.basename(file, File.extname(file))
end
If you don't strip the extension then you may end up requiring the same file twice (ruby won't realize that "foo" and "foo.rb" are the same file). Requiring the same file twice can lead to spurious warnings (e.g. "warning: already initialized constant").
Dir.glob(File.join('path', '**', '*.rb'), &method(:require))
or alternatively, if you want to scope the files to load to specific folders:
Dir.glob(File.join('path', '{folder1,folder2}', '**', '*.rb'), &method(:require))
explanation:
Dir.glob takes a block as argument.
method(:require) will return the require method.
&method(:require) will convert the method to a bloc.
The best way is to add the directory to the load path and then require the basename of each file. This is because you want to avoid accidentally requiring the same file twice -- often not the intended behavior. Whether a file will be loaded or not is dependent on whether require has seen the path passed to it before. For example, this simple irb session shows that you can mistakenly require and load the same file twice.
$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'test'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> require './test'
=> true
irb(main):003:0> require './test.rb'
=> false
irb(main):004:0> require 'test'
=> false
Note that the first two lines return true meaning the same file was loaded both times. When paths are used, even if the paths point to the same location, require doesn't know that the file was already required.
Here instead, we add a directory to the load path and then require the basename of each *.rb file within.
dir = "/path/to/directory"
$LOAD_PATH.unshift(dir)
Dir[File.join(dir, "*.rb")].each {|file| require File.basename(file) }
If you don't care about the file being required more than once, or your intention is just to load the contents of the file, perhaps load should be used instead of require. Use load in this case, because it better expresses what you're trying to accomplish. For example:
Dir["/path/to/directory/*.rb"].each {|file| load file }
Instead of concatenating paths like in some answers, I use File.expand_path:
Dir[File.expand_path('importers/*.rb', File.dirname(__FILE__))].each do |file|
require file
end
Update:
Instead of using File.dirname you could do the following:
Dir[File.expand_path('../importers/*.rb', __FILE__)].each do |file|
require file
end
Where .. strips the filename of __FILE__.
Dir[File.join(__dir__, "/app/**/*.rb")].each do |file|
require file
end
This will work recursively on your local machine and a remote (Like Heroku) which does not use relative paths.
In Rails, you can do:
Dir[Rails.root.join('lib', 'ext', '*.rb')].each { |file| require file }
Update: Corrected with suggestion of #Jiggneshh Gohel to remove slashes.
I'm a few years late to the party, but I kind of like this one-line solution I used to get rails to include everything in app/workers/concerns:
Dir[ Rails.root.join *%w(app workers concerns *) ].each{ |f| require f }
And what about: require_relative *Dir['relative path']?