Redirecting Output to a file from RUBY COMMAND PROMPT irb(main) Prompt

[Kumar Chandra Yog]

Hi All,

Can anyone please help me how to redirect output  to a file from a Interactive Ruby Command ?

Reason:-sometime querry("*") gives array of 300 elements & it does not fit into window and we know  searching  in DOS window does NOT  work properly .
So if we somehow able to re-direct result to a file it will be good and we can search elements easily . Please help me!! I have used ">" operator but failed...
C:\Documents and Settings\a\Desktop>irb
irb(main):001:0> puts "Hello World"
Hello World
=> nil
irb(main):002:0> puts Time.now
2014-06-01 18:51:22 +0530
=> nil
irb(main):003:0> puts Time.now > aaa.txt
NameError: undefined local variable or method `aaa' for main:Obje
        from (irb):3
        from C:/Ruby193/bin/irb:12:in `<main>'
irb(main):004:0> exit

C:\Documents and Settings\a\Desktop>type a.rb
puts "hello world"
C:\Documents and Settings\a\Desktop>ruby a.rb aaa.txt
hello world

C:\Documents and Settings\a\Desktop>ruby a.rb > aaa.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\a\Desktop>quit


WorkAround -- You can use "break" key to see partial page output,but it will be really difficult task. I pressed "Break" key more than 30 times to see all id as .Real pain....



Regards,
Kumar

[Jani Jegoroff]

Not a complete solution but step to the right direction. Should help you to go further...

irb(main):015:0> $stdout = File.open("console.log","w") #define output file

irb(main):016:0> query '*' #query all elements

irb(main):017:0> $stdout.flush # write output to the file

irb(main):018:0> $stdout = STDOUT # back to the original state

#<IO:<STDOUT>>

irb(main):019:0>

[Tulika jaipuriar]

Hi, did you get a solution for this?

If yes, then kindly share.