From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-04-02T16:24:44+09:00
Subject: Re: how to read output of shell command to variable?


"Andrew Walrond" <andrew@walrond.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:200504012358.52121.andrew@walrond.org...
> On Friday 01 April 2005 23:52, sin kanti wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In perl, we can do
>>
>> $output = `file filename.txt`;
>>
>> How can i do this in Ruby?
>
> $output = `file filename.txt`
>
> ;)

In fact, you can even add the ";" and keep the Perl code altogether. :-))

$output = `file filename.txt`;

Kind regards

    robert