How to read & render a text file ?

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Hello Everyone.

There is a method withing controller which is supposed to 1. read a text file 2. puts its content into the output

Problem: Output shows up in console window while not showing in html output.

Method itself: def print_file_contents file = "path/to/the/file" infile = File.open(file, 'r') while line = infile.gets   puts line end

View template (print_file_contents.text.erb) : <%= hp.print_file_contents %>

Note: the console output is correct. The only problem is it doesn't show in the browser.

Thanks in advance. DonVito.

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Hello Everyone.

There is a method withing controller which is supposed to 1. read a text file 2. puts its content into the output

puts does nothing useful in a view. Your method needs to return what it wants displayed.

Fred