From: Jonathan Hudson <jh_ruby-lang@...>
Date: 2011-09-24T04:19:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Get rid of newline from shell commands in Ruby

On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 04:03:59 +0900, Dan Nachbar wrote:

> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 

I'm somewhat confused as to why a more rubish construct like:

u,p2,p1,h = l.split(':')

is not more appropriate?