From: "Peña, Botp" Date: 2008-04-18T11:56:29+09:00 Subject: Re: system(ping) From: Heinrich Piard [mailto:linux@piard.de] # ip_list = ['192.168.1.1' , '192.168.1.2' , '192.168.1.3' , # '192.168.1.4' # , '192.168.1.5' , '192.168.1.6' , '192.168.1.7' ] # # ip_list.each do |host| # system('ping -c 5' + host) replace that with system('ping', '-c 5', host) or system("ping -c 5 #{host}") # end # kind regards -botp