From: "Esteban Manchado Velázquez" <zoso@...>
Date: 2006-10-22T03:00:30+09:00
Subject: Re: calling Perl script from Ruby

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On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 02:50:14AM +0900, Peter Michaux wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I have a Perl script that takes an input and outputs a string. I would
> like to call this Perl script from my Ruby script and have the string
> appear in my Ruby script after.
> [...]
> Any suggestions?

    Just do:

    output =3D `perl myperlscript.pl arg1 arg2`

That should do the trick. You also have open3 and others, if you want more
fine-grained control of input and outputs.

    HTH,

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Esteban Manchado Vel=E1zquez <zoso@foton.es> - http://www.foton.es
EuropeSwPatentFree - http://EuropeSwPatentFree.hispalinux.es

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