box-o-sand/lrthw-remnants/ex20.rb
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input_file = ARGV.first
def print_all(f)
puts f.read
end
def rewind(f)
f.seek(0, IO::SEEK_SET)
end
def print_a_line(line_count, f)
puts "#{line_count} #{f.readline}"
end
current_file = File.open(input_file)
puts "First let's print the whole file:"
puts # a blank line
print_all(current_file)
puts "Now let's rewind, kind of like a tape."
rewind(current_file)
puts "Let's print three lines:"
current_line = 1
print_a_line(current_line, current_file)
current_line += 1
print_a_line(current_line, current_file)
current_line += 1
print_a_line(current_line, current_file)