From: Josef 'Jupp' Schugt <jupp@...>
Date: 2005-04-04T04:56:03+09:00
Subject: Re: how to read output of shell command to variable?

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Robert Klemme wrote:
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| "Andrew Walrond" <andrew@walrond.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
| news:200504012358.52121.andrew@walrond.org...
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|> On Friday 01 April 2005 23:52, sin kanti wrote:
|>> 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`;

I'd prefer Perl's qx:

$output = qx{file filename.txt}

In Ruby that is

output = x{file filename.txt}

Note the absence of the dollar sign at the beginning of the variable
name. The dollar has different meanings in Ruby and Perl.

Josef 'Jupp' Schugt
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