From: Zhao Yi Date: 2009-01-07T17:32:13+09:00 Subject: A question about running external program I use this method to run an external program: output=`uname -r | sed 's/\([^\.]*\.[^\.]*\)\.*.*/\1/'` puts output ruby will ignore the sed command. Doesn't ruby support "|"? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.