From: Harry Ohlsen <harryo@...>
Date: 2001-05-27T11:10:06+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:15784] Re: system

bashar asad wrote:

> hello
>
> how can I run a system command in ruby like the one in perl system(command,options)
>
> thankx
>
> --
> Bashar A. Asad

You can use backticks, just like in perl.  For example ...

   x = `ls /bin`
   print x

will put the output from "ls" into x and then print out the list of files.

I also tried

   x = system("ls /bin")
   print x

and that generates the same thing, except with the output looking
more like it does when I type "ls /bin" in an xterm.  I'm not sure
what the defined difference is between them.

In any case, one of those methods should achieve what you want.