Insert rows on specific line in a file

Question

I have opened my existing file in r+ mode.

open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/locale/app.pot", 'r+') do |f|

end

I want to insert some other rows at specific line no..
Like i want insert "Hii " on line number 10.
"hello " on line number 2.
"world " on line number 20.

How may i handle it in ruby ??

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Answer 1

This has worked for me in the past:

def write_at(fname, at_line, sdat)
  open(fname, 'r+') do |f|
    while (at_line-=1) > 0          # read up to the line you want to write after
      f.readline
    end
    pos = f.pos                     # save your position in the file
    rest = f.read                   # save the rest of the file
    f.seek pos                      # go back to the old position
    f.write sdat                    # write new data
    f.write rest                    # write rest of file
  end
end

Insert rows on specific line in a file

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