Working with Hashes and YAML in Ruby

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# assuming this yaml file in the same folder...
# 
# first:
#   name: foo
# next:
#   name: hello world


require 'rubygems'
require 'yaml'
root_path = File.dirname(__FILE__)
c = YAML::load(File.open("#{root_path}/config.yml"))
puts c.inspect
puts c["first"]["name"]
puts c["next"]["name"]

# write this out to a new file
File.open ("new.yaml", "w") do |f|
  f  << c.to_yaml
end