From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-08-06T04:22:32+09:00
Subject: Re: How to execute an external program - Ruby equivalents to PHP?


On Aug 5, 2006, at 3:12 PM, tesla wrote:

> PHP has these:
>
> shell_exec -- Execute command via shell and return the complete  
> output as a
> string
> system -- Execute an external program and display the output
> passthru -- Execute an external program and display raw output
> exec -- Execute an external program
>
> And a few more that I don't use. Does Ruby have equivalents? I am  
> especially
> intersted in a shell_exec counterpart.
>
> thanks

backticks:

result = `echo Hello World!`