From: jney Date: 2009-09-04T00:25:07+09:00 Subject: declare a shell alias in a ruby file Hello, I'm trying to declare a shell alias from a ruby file. here is the file test.rb : # begin test.rb `alias world='echo hello'` # end test.rb I'm launching it : > ruby test.rb Then launching the alias : > world -bash: world: command not found Does anyone know how do i declare a shell alias from a ruby file ?