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RI(1)

Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages ()
Updated: Ruby Programmers Reference Guide
Index Return to Main Contents

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NAME

ri - Ruby API reference front end  

SYNOPSIS

[-Ti [-d directory ] ] [-f format ] [--list-doc-dirs ] [--no-standard-docs ] [-- [no- Bro system | site | gems | home Brc ] ] [-- [no- use-cache ] ] [--width = width ] [target ... ]  

DESCRIPTION

is a CLI front end for the Ruby API reference. You can search and read API reference for classes and methods with .

is a part of Ruby.

target can be one of the following forms:

Class
for classes
Class::method
for class methods
Class#method
for instance methods
Class.method
for both class and instance methods
method
for both class and instance methods

All class names may be abbreviated to their minimum unambiguous form. If a name is ambiguous, all valid options will be listed.

For example:

ri Fil
ri File
ri File.new
ri zip

Note that shell quoting may be required for method names containing punctuation:

ri 'Array.[]'
ri compact
 

OPTIONS

--version
Prints the version of .

-T
--no-pager
Send output directly to stdout, rather than to a pager.

-d directory
--doc-dir = directory
List of directories from which to source documentation in addition to the standard directories. May be repeated.

-f FORMAT
--fmt FORMAT
--format = FORMAT
Format to use when displaying output:

ansi, bs, html, plain, simple

Use 'bs' (backspace) with most pager programs. To use ANSI, either disable the pager or tell the pager to allow control characters.

-i
--interactive
This makes go into interactive mode.

When is in interactive mode it will allow the user to disambiguate lists of methods in case multiple methods match against a method search string. It also will allow the user to enter in a method name (with auto-completion, if readline is supported) when viewing a class.

--list-doc-dirs
List the directories from which ri will source documentation on stdout and exit.

--no-standard-docs
Do not include documentation from the Ruby standard library, site_lib installed gems, or ~/.rdoc

Equivalent to specifying the options --no-system , --no-site , --no-gems and --no-home

-- [no- system ]
Include documentation from Ruby's standard library. Defaults to true.

-- [no- site ]

 Include documentation from libraries installed in site_lib. Defaults to true.

-- [no- gems ]
Include documentation from RubyGems. Defaults to true.

-- [no- home ]
Include documentation stored in ~/.rdoc. Defaults to true.

-- [no- use-cache ]
Whether or not to use 's cache. True by default.

-w width
--width = width
Set the width of the output.

 

ENVIRONMENT

RI
Additional options.

PAGER
Used as the name of pager program for displaying.

HOME
USERPROFILE
HOMEPATH
Path to user's home directory.

 

FILES

~/.ri
Caches recently referenced documents here.

~/.rdoc
Searches user-wide documents here.

 

SEE ALSO

ruby(1) rdoc(1) gem(1)

 

REPORTING BUGS

    Security vulnerabilities should be reported via an email to Aq security@ruby-lang.org Ns . Reported problems will be published after being fixed.

    And you can report other bugs and feature requests via the Ruby Issue Tracking System (http://bugs.ruby-lang.org). Do not report security vulnerabilities via the system because it publishes the vulnerabilities immediately.

 

AUTHORS

Written by Dave Thomas Aq dave@pragmaticprogrammer.com


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
AUTHORS





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