From: Stu <stu@...>
Date: 2010-11-29T10:30:17+09:00
Subject: Re: How to use Ruby like shell script?

Right on. looks like String#split will take regular expressions.

This is one deals with white space issues by splitting on the newline
char \n in filenames:

x = `ls`.split(/\n/)


On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Oliver Schad
<spam.entfernen.und.bring.gefaelligst.ein.bier.mit@oschad.de> wrote:
> Stu wrote:
>
>> lol I just figured out one way to make your ls command into an array.
>> in a single line.
>>
>> x = `ls`.split
>>
>> or
>>
>> x = `echo *`.split
>
> That's not a good idea. File names can contain white space, line breaks
> and many more fuckup.
>
> Regards
> Oli
>
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