From: tesla <tesla.nicoli@...>
Date: 2006-08-06T04:33:38+09:00
Subject: Re: How to execute an external program - Ruby equivalents to PHP?

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Thanks!

On 8/5/06, Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> On Aug 5, 2006, at 3:12 PM, tesla wrote:
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> > 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:
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> result = `echo Hello World!`
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>
>

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