From: darren kirby <bulliver@...>
Date: 2007-12-14T03:02:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Showing Running Processes in variable

quoth the jackster the jackle:
> I want to capture the list of running processes on my computer. I am to
> get all the data into my variable with a simple system call:
>
> x = `ps -el`
>
> My problem comes when I want to display the data back out in a legible
> format that makes sense.
>
> What is the best way to do this?

Not sure if this is the best but:

x.split("\n").each do |line|
  puts line
end

works for me.

> thanks
>
> jackster

-d
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