From: lalalalala pqpqpqpqpq Date: 2012-07-25T00:12:31+09:00 Subject: How to access ruby variable from inside backticks? Say params[:host] returns a string. I want to pass this string to a ksh script im trying to run from inside a ruby program. for example, `ksh /path/to/script.ksh params[:host]` #this doesn't work. The command takes params[:host] literally. I also tried: host = params[:host] `ksh /path/to/script.ksh $host` # $host is null I think. How would I pass params[:host] to the ksh command? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.