#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'erb'

template = %q{
Test Test:
<%= timeout %>
}.gsub(/^ /,'')


puts ERB.new(template, 0, "%<>").result

aj@junglist /tmp$ ./tset.rb
(erb):3: undefined local variable or method `timeout' for main:Object (NameError)
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/erb.rb:741:in `value'
        from /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/erb.rb:741:in `result'
        from ./tset.rb:10