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Episode #640
Autosplit
Ruby has tools like -n and -p for filtering and summarizing text right from the command-line. But what about columnar input, like process listings or CSV? Today we'll see how …
Episode #638
Ruby as a Filter
Learn how Ruby's -p flag along with a bunch of handy shortcuts can take a script's worth of text filtering and shrink it to a one-liner!
Episode #636
I got my flippy-floppies
Put on your flip-flops, because today we venture ever deeper into the world of Ruby one-liners!
Episode #634
You Could Have Sed It in Ruby
Don't spend time mastering UNIX tools if you can use Ruby one-liners instead.
Episode #604
Extended Regex Syntax
Regular expressions are sometimes accused of being a write-only language. Learn how to clarify your patterns with Ruby's extended regex syntax!
Episode #468: Line Endings
A little history lesson about computer text formats
Episode #434: Scanf
Today we learn how to match patterns and parse out values all at once.
Episode #406: Last Match
In this episode, we get lazy and lean on the information that Ruby captures about regex matches.