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lineno=(p1) public

Manually sets the current line number to the given value. $. is updated only on the next read.

f = File.new("testfile")
f.gets                     #=> "This is line one\n"
$.                         #=> 1
f.lineno = 1000
f.lineno                   #=> 1000
$. # lineno of last read   #=> 1
f.gets                     #=> "This is line two\n"
$. # lineno of last read   #=> 1001
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