From: Dan Nachbar <dan@...>
Date: 2011-09-24T04:03:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Get rid of newline from shell commands in Ruby


On Sep 23, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Pavan .. wrote:

> I am trying to run simple shell commands in my script, but am unable to
> get rid of new lines even using chomp or chop.
> 
> Is there something I am missing ?
> 
>      u=`echo  '#{l}' | cut -d: -f4`.chop()
>      p2=`echo '#{l}' | cut -d: -f3`.chop()
>      p1=`echo '#{l}' | cut -d: -f2`.chomp()
>      h=`echo  '#{l}' | cut -d: -f1`.chop()
> 
> 
> #     **Cant get newlines to go !! ??**
>      path="#{p1}/#{@CODELINEFILTER}#{p2}"
>      puts path
> 
> Any suggestions ?
> 

You might try using

echo -n

and sidestep the problem completely.

Dan Nachbar