From: Steve Pauly <stevepauly@...>
Date: 2010-07-02T04:53:48+09:00
Subject: Running a shell command from ruby

I am experimenting with running bash commands from within ruby. The
commands should be in an array, separated internally with semicolons.

The problem is that they do not get executed.

My script:

----
#!/usr/bin/ruby
script1=["touch ~/ruby/f1;touch ~/ruby/f2"]    #addl array elements to
be added
puts script1[0].split(/;/) do |k|
  puts k
  system(k)
end
----

The output from "puts k" looks good.
But why do the files f1 and f2 not get created?

I realize that executing commands this way in ruby may be bad practise,
but at least, why do the commands not execute?

Thanks in advance.
Steve.
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