run a command on shell with ruby

[Corpus Callosum]

hi guys,

i want to run a command with a ruby programme. for example, assume that
i have a ruby script and when run its, it make "apt-get install gaim"
command run..

what is the method or way of that ?
thanks

 

[Corpus Callosum]

ok i got it. and i am giving an example for who want to know

#! /usr/bin/ruby
exec "apt-get install gaim";

this script run that command on shell

 

[Tim Pease]

hi guys,

i want to run a command with a ruby programme. for example, assume that
i have a ruby script and when run its, it make "apt-get install gaim"
command run..

what is the method or way of that ?
thanks

system "apt-get install gaim"

I'd recommend using pidgin -- it's the newest release of gaim.

http://www.pidgin.im/

TwP

 

[Tim Hunter]

hi guys,

i want to run a command with a ruby programme. for example, assume that
i have a ruby script and when run its, it make "apt-get install gaim"
command run..

what is the method or way of that ?
thanks

Use the Kernel#system method, or surround the command with backticks.

system("apt-get install gaim")
`apt-get install gaim`

 

[Felipe Contreras]

hi guys,

i want to run a command with a ruby programme. for example, assume that
i have a ruby script and when run its, it make "apt-get install gaim"
command run..

what is the method or way of that ?
thanks

system?
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M005960

 

[Gian Holland]

Hey guys are there any web search api's that are ruby friendly?

 

[Gregory Brown]

Hey guys are there any web search api's that are ruby friendly?

Please do not thread-hijack. You should create a new message rather
than changing the subject line unless the new subject has something to
do with the original discussion.

 

[Gian Holland]

My apologies it was done inadvertently.

Please do not thread-hijack. You should create a new message rather
than changing the subject line unless the new subject has something to
do with the original discussion.

 

[Axel Etzold]

Gian,

maybe this describes what you're looking for:

http://www.rubyrailways.com/data-extraction-for-web-20-screen-scraping-in-rubyrails

Best regards,

Axel

 

[ara.t.howard]

ok i got it. and i am giving an example for who want to know

#! /usr/bin/ruby
exec "apt-get install gaim";

this script run that command on shell

for posterity, this does run through the shell, rather it replaces
ruby with the argument to exec (another process) completely by-passes
the shell. you need to use system or popen to utilize the shell.

regards.

-a