From: Dinesh Umanath <u_dinesh@...>
Date: 2006-05-03T17:28:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Calling Shell Scripts from Ruby ?

Hi Shev,

Thank for the reply. But my requirement is that i have to call the shell 
scripts or Unix Commands from Ruby itself, rather than from IRB ?? 
Because i will be basicall invoking the ruby from Web (Rails)?

Thank You..


Guest wrote:
>> Thanks for your reply.  When you say output = `Unix command`, i did not 
>> get about how exactly to use it, is it possible to give a simple sample 
>> examples if you have with you which calls a script ??
> 
> 
> 
> 1) Start irb. Then do this:
> 2) cmd_result = `ls`
> 
> # => "acoc-0.7.1.tar.bz2\n   (and much more but i edited it out)
> 
> 3) puts cmd_result.class  # => String
> 
> 4) Create a shell file such as test.sh, with content like
> echo "This is a test"
> 
> 5) `sh test.sh`
> 
> 
> Do you see the output?
> I see it on my system.
> 
> Hope that helped, cheers, shev.


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