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irbr - record irb history to the file of your choice
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irbr.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# irbr (short for "IRB Recorder")
#
# Starts an IRB session and appends your history to the specified file
# or "scratch.rb" by default
#
# USAGE irbr.rb output.rb
require "irb"
file = ARGV.first || "scratch.rb"
IRB.conf[:HISTORY_FILE] = file
IRB.conf[:SAVE_HISTORY] = 10_000
IRB.start
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