From: Brian Baker <brian_e_baker@...>
Date: 2001-10-26T02:54:33+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:23324] Newbie seeks %x{...} help

I am trying to dynamically generate commands as strings
and then execute them in Ruby and collect the output.
However Ruby treats the specified command literally,
so if I build a command with

command = "echo test"
result = `command`

the result is
command not found: command

I've got around this by calling Kernel.`(command),
is there a different/better way?

Thanks in advance

Brian