From: Gary Wright <gwtmp01@...>
Date: 2009-12-30T13:43:18+09:00
Subject: Re: How to run one script from another, and capture the output


On Dec 29, 2009, at 8:11 PM, John Smith wrote:

> I have the following hypothetical script that requires arguments to run.
> The command line execution looks like this:
> 
> 'ruby distance_traveled.rb 60 2.5'
> 
> The output would be the following:
> 
> 'You have traveled a distance of 150 miles.'
> 
> 
> How would I run the above execution from inside another script, and
> capture the output above (the 150 miles portion at least)?


output = `ruby distance_traveled.rb 60 2.5`

The backticks cause the standard output of the command to be captured and stored in a Ruby string.


Gary Wright