# Text entry from a file

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-entry-from-a-file/229293>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [January 17, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-entry-from-a-file/229293 "2013-01-17T19:08:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![cbnewman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@cbnewman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cbnewman)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/text-entry-from-a-file/229293/1 "2013-01-17T19:08:29Z")

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how do i make it so that the program takes some text from a file and  
puts it in one of the entries?