[Tut] Printing the File Contents

Code:

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#! /usr/bin/env ruby



puts "Enter your File Directory you want to print [e.g. /home/~/Desktop/file.txt]: " 

file = gets.chomp 

puts("")

begin 

print file_contents = IO.read(file)

puts ("")

puts "Success!"

rescue => e 

puts "---> Failed To read file.\n\t|\n\t+---> #{e.class} #{e.message}" 

end

Code:

jordan@ModernWarfare ~/Desktop/Ruby $ ruby reader.rb

Enter your File Directory you want to print [e.g. /home/~/Desktop/file.txt]: 

/home/jordan/Desktop/index.html



<html>

<head>

<title>Sorry!</title>

</head>



<body>

<p> Sorry, this site is closed at the moment. Please try again later.

</o>

</body>

</html>



Success!