From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-08-09T10:16:09+09:00
Subject: Re: One line handies


Bill Kelly wrote:
> From: "David A. Black" <dblack@wobblini.net>
> > Does this:
> >
> > ruby -e 'puts ENV["PATH"].downcase.split(/[:;]/).sort'
> >
> > not work on all platforms?  Or are there quote/escaping issues?
>
> DOS (cmd.exe) will need the double- and single-quotes swapped:
>
> ruby -e "puts ENV['PATH'].downcase.split(/[:;]/).sort"

Did you try it without swapping the quotes?

Unlike awk, mawk, and gawk, Ruby under DOS accepts single quotes as
argument wrappers.  However, if the string contains |, <, or >, then
you had better use double quotes.