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Read file by chunk size


class File
  def each_chunk(chunk_size=4)
    yield read(chunk_size) until eof?
  end
end


open('pipe_separated_records', 'w') do |f|
  f << "This is record one.|This is record two.|This is record three."
end

open("pipe_separated_records") do |f|
  f.each_chunk(2) { |chunk| puts chunk }
end








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