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NAME
ri — Ruby API reference front end
SYNOPSIS
ri [-Ti] [-d directory] [-f format] [--list-doc-dirs] [--no-standard-docs] [--[no-]{system|site|gems|home}] [--[no-]use-cache] [--width=width] [target ...]
DESCRIPTION
ri is a CLI front end for the Ruby API reference. You can search and read API reference for classes and methods with ri. ri 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 ri. -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 ri go into interactive mode. When ri 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 ri'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 ⟨security@ruby-lang.org⟩. 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 ⟨dave@pragmaticprogrammer.com⟩