From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2005-11-28T04:08:45+09:00
Subject: Re: backtick with variables?

Hi,

From: <Sardaukary@gmail.com>
>
>I want to run an external command and capture the output.
> 
> hosts =`net view`
> 
> will store the results from running net view (XP command to list
> machines on network) in a string called hosts.
> 
> How do I execute a command stored in a string and capture its output
> though?

cmd = "net view"
hosts = `#{cmd}`

There's also popen() if you would prefer to read the output from a
pipe.


Regards,

Bill