How to create a custom method for the rails console?

Question

When I\'m using the Rails console in Ubuntu for a long session I define the clear method:

def clear; system \'clear\' end

So when m

Answer 1

Just put it in the ~/.irbrc file. It gets loaded every time you run irb or rails console. The Rails console is just irb with your Rails application environment loaded.

Find more infos about irb here: http://ruby-doc.com/docs/ProgrammingRuby/html/irb.html#S2