# Using RubyGems **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 29, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rubygems/190867 "2010-06-29T17:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rubygems/190867/1 "2010-06-29T17:24:35Z")
What does (find) in require ‘find’ do? Yes, it is a gem. So, I think I can find it here: [http://rubygems.org/](http://rubygems.org/). But, can anyone tell me how to use that and find information on gems here. Just new to that actually. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rubygems/190867/2 "2010-06-29T17:46:35Z")
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Abder-rahman Ali [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > What does (find) in require ‘find’ do? It tells Ruby to process the contents of the file called “find.rb” in the load path. > Yes, it is a gem. So, I think I can find it here: [http://rubygems.org/](http://rubygems.org/). > But, can anyone tell me how to use that and find information on gems > here. Just new to that actually. No, it’s not a gem. It’s part of the standard library. Documentation is available on your system vi ri (ri Find) or online at [http://ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org) or various other places. Ben ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rubygems/190867/3 "2010-06-29T18:00:17Z")
Ben B. wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Abder-rahman Ali > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > What does (find) in require ‘find’ do? > > It tells Ruby to process the contents of the file called “find.rb” in > the load path. > > > Yes, it is a gem. So, I think I can find it here: [http://rubygems.org/](http://rubygems.org/). > > But, can anyone tell me how to use that and find information on gems > > here. Just new to that actually. > > No, it’s not a gem. It’s part of the standard library. Documentation > is available on your system vi ri (ri Find) or online at > [http://ruby-doc.org](http://ruby-doc.org) or various other places. > > Ben Ben, Thanks for your reply. So, the “Function” of ‘find’ is just simply searching files in a folder? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rubygems/190867/4 "2010-06-29T18:06:31Z")
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Abder-rahman Ali [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks for your reply. So, the “Function” of ‘find’ is just simply > searching files in a folder? It allows you to recursively find files in a directory, yes. Ben ---
**Author:** ![swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@swengineer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/swengineer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-rubygems/190867/5 "2010-06-29T18:16:59Z")
Ben B. wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Abder-rahman Ali > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Thanks for your reply. So, the “Function” of ‘find’ is just simply > > searching files in a folder? > > It allows you to recursively find files in a directory, yes. > > Ben Thanks Ben.