executing shell commands with ruby??

[pranith]

hi,
Is there ne module in ruby that executes linux shell commands
I tried with exec() but it terminates the program just after the exec("<linux command>") part is completed it will not execute the remaining part of the ruby program so what shud I do?? Is there a better module?? or shuld we modify exec()
anticipating help
thanks
bye
pranith

[wtd]

You can either use the "system" method to simply run the command...

system "ls"

Or you can use backticks to capture the output of the program.

ls_results = `ls`

[pranith]

thanks
thank u very much

[pavel989]

oh wow, like an hour of googling and its that simple? thanks very much (i love ruby!)