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Ruby » Development » gets 
Read a line of input into $_

while gets             # Read a line of input into $_
  $F = split if $-a    # Split $_ into fields if -a was specified
  chop! if $-l         # Chop line ending off $_ if -l was specified
  # Program text here
end

 
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