Can you 'require' ruby file in irb session, automatically, on every command?

Question

I am currently editing a file, and I\'m using irb to test the api:

> require \'./file.rb\'
> o = Object.new
> o.method

I then want

Answer 1

This won't run every command, but you can include a file on every IRb session. ~/.irbrc is loaded each time you start an IRb session.

~/.irbrc

require "~/somefile.rb"

~/somefile.rb

puts "somefile loaded"

terminal

> irb
somefile loaded
irb(main):001:0> 

~/.irbrc is loaded each time you start an irb session