Logan Capaldo
8/5/2006 7:23:00 PM
On Aug 5, 2006, at 3:12 PM, tesla wrote:
> PHP has these:
>
> shell_exec -- Execute command via shell and return the complete
> output as a
> string
> system -- Execute an external program and display the output
> passthru -- Execute an external program and display raw output
> exec -- Execute an external program
>
> And a few more that I don't use. Does Ruby have equivalents? I am
> especially
> intersted in a shell_exec counterpart.
>
> thanks
backticks:
result = `echo Hello World!`