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That only worked because you forgot to properly quote "$a" (at least it doesn't work here; tr does not look at context, and does not understand ^ to mean beginning of line; tr version from GNU coreutils 6.10).
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erubis
ERUBIS(1) User Commands ERUBIS(1)
NAME
erubis - eRuby style template engine for multiple languages
SYNOPSIS
erubis [..options..] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
Embedded templating engine for multiple languages. Erubis will take a template file as input and output code to convey that data in the
language specified. The following output languages are supported:
* Ruby
* PHP
* C
* Java
* Scheme
* Perl
* JavaScript
OPTIONS
-h, --help
help
-v version
-x show converted code
-X show converted code, only ruby code and no text part
-N numbering: add line numbers (for '-x/-X')
-U unique: compress empty lines to a line (for '-x/-X')
-C compact: remove empty lines (for '-x/-X')
-b body only: no preamble nor postamble (for '-x/-X')
-z syntax checking
-e escape (equal to '--E Escape')
-p pattern
embedded pattern (default '<% %>')
-l lang
convert but no execute (ruby/php/c/java/scheme/perl/js)
-E e1,e2,...
enhancer names (Escape, PercentLine, BiPattern, ...)
-I path
library include path
-K kanji
kanji code (euc/sjis/utf8) (default none)
-c context
context data string (yaml inline style or ruby code)
-f datafile
context data file ('*.yaml', '*.yml', or '*.rb')
-T don't expand tab characters in YAML file
-S convert mapping key from string to symbol in YAML file
-B invoke 'result(binding)' instead of 'evaluate(context)'
--pi=name
parse '<?name ... ?>' instead of '<% ... %>'
supported properties:
* (common)
--escapefunc=nil
: escape function name
--pattern="<% %>"
: embed pattern
--trim=true
: trim spaces around <% ... %>
--preamble=nil
: preamble (no preamble when false)
--postamble=nil
: postamble (no postamble when false)
--escape=nil
: escape expression or not in default
* (basic) * (pi)
--pi="rb"
: PI (Processing Instrunctions) name
--embchar="@"
: char for embedded expression pattern('@{...}@')
* ruby * php * c
--indent=""
: indent spaces (ex. ' ')
--out="stdout"
: output file pointer name
* java
--indent=""
: indent spaces (ex. ' ')
--buf="_buf"
: output buffer name
--bufclass="StringBuffer" : output buffer class (ex. 'StringBuilder')
* scheme
--func="_add"
: function name (ex. 'display')
* perl
--func="print"
: function name
* javascript
--docwrite=true
: use 'document.write()' when true
EXAMPLES
Run 'erubis -l php example.ephp' to convert the embedded document to php code.
example.ephp:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<html>
<body>
<p>Hello <%= $user %>!</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<% $i = 0; %>
<% foreach ($list as $item) { %>
<% $i++; %>
<tr bgcolor="<%= $i % 2 == 0 ? '#FFCCCC' : '#CCCCFF' %>">
<td><%= $i %></td>
<td><%== $item %></td>
</tr>
<% } %>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>
SEE ALSO
http://rubyforge.org/projects/erubis/
erubis 2.6.2 January 2009 ERUBIS(1)