From: Bertram Scharpf Date: 2007-08-22T09:30:05+09:00 Subject: Re: executing a command from a ruby script Hi, Am Mittwoch, 22. Aug 2007, 08:48:17 +0900 schrieb Bertram Scharpf: > Am Mittwoch, 22. Aug 2007, 08:44:59 +0900 schrieb greg: > > I need something like var=`ls -l $file`. > > var=`ls -l #{file}` Be aware of the security risk: file = "; rm -rf *" var=`ls -l #{file}` Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de