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Ruby Dir.mkdir Usage
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'jira4r'
require 'FileUtils'
jira = Jira4R::JiraTool.new(2, "http://jira.somejirainstance.com")
baseurl = jira.getServerInfo().baseUrl
puts "Base URL: " + baseurl , "n"
jira.login("someUser", "somePassword")


file = File.new("awkOutput.txt", "r")
while (line = file.gets)
  chompline = "#{line}".chomp!
  issue = jira.getIssue("#{chompline}")
  keyPlusSummary = "#{issue.key}"+"#{issue.summary}"
  puts keyPlusSummary
  Dir.mkdir "#{keyPlusSummary}"
end
file.close

# More canonical, both in var naming, and there's
# no need for concatenation in this case.
dir_name = "#{issue.key}#{issue.summary}"

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'jira4r'
require 'FileUtils'
jira = Jira4R::JiraTool.new(2, "http://jira.somejirainstance.com")
baseurl = jira.getServerInfo().baseUrl
puts "Base URL: #{baseurl}n" #use it here!
jira.login("someUser", "somePassword")


File.new("awkOutput.txt", "r") do |file| #using the block form to ensure you close the file
  while (line = file.gets)
    chompline = line.chomp! #line is already a string, no need to interpolate
    issue = jira.getIssue(chompline) #line is already a string, no need
    keyPlusSummary = "#{issue.key}#{issue.summary}" #already interpolating, no need to add
    puts keyPlusSummary
    Dir.mkdir keyPlusSummary #already a string
  end
end