Ruby: File.read Error encoding:"UTF-8"

Question

I wrote a program to convert a xml file. I started it with the following command

ruby Skribt.rb example

Here is a part of the code:

sessionid = ARGV[0].dup
inputfile = "upload/" + sessionid + "_source.xml" # Hochgeladene XML Datei
outputfile = "output/" + sessionid + ".xml"
stringKomplett = File.read(inputfile,encoding: "UTF-8").gsub(/<group.*?type=\"public\".*?\/>/, "")

I get the following error and do not know how to solve this.

Skript.rb:16: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting ')'
... File.read(inputfile,encoding: "UTF-8").gsub(/<group.*?type=...
                              ^
Skript.rb:16: syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting $end
...d(inputfile,encoding: "UTF-8").gsub(/<group.*?type=\"public\...
                          ^

I hope you can help me with this problem. Thank you in advance for you help.

Greetings

what ruby version you are using?

shivam
– shivam

2015-03-12 10:24:09 +00:00
Commented Mar 12, 2015 at 10:24 — shivam
– shivam, Commented Mar 12, 2015 at 10:24

shivam · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-12 10:25:50Z

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It seems you are using older Ruby version. Try this instead:

File.read(inputfile, :encoding => "UTF-8").gsub(/<group.*?type=\"public\".*?\/>/, "")

answered Mar 12, 2015 at 10:25

shivam

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Firevulture Over a year ago

Thank you very much. It is a bit strange, that apt-get says, that I have the newest version of ruby and at the same time ruby -v says I have 1.87. But now it does its task, so everything ok :)

shivam Over a year ago

@Firevulture thats great. Please accept the answer if it solved your problem :)

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