method

inplace_mode=

Importance_1
inplace_mode=(p1) public

Sets the filename extension for in-place editing mode to the given String. Each file being edited has this value appended to its filename. The modified file is saved under this new name.

For example:

$ ruby argf.rb file.txt

ARGF.inplace_mode = '.bak'
ARGF.each_line do |line|
  print line.sub("foo","bar")
end

Each line of file.txt has the first occurrence of “foo” replaced with “bar”, then the new line is written out to file.txt.bak.

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